Gov. Lee grants Carruthers yearlong execution reprieve after failure to set IV

TDOC called off the execution of Tony Carruthers after repeated attempts to find a vein for lethal injection failed.

Lawyers for Tony Carruthers file emergency stay to stop execution

Attorneys for Tony Carruthers, who was scheduled to be executed Thursday morning in Tennessee, have filed an emergency stay of execution, claiming corrections has been unable to set an IV line to ...

Death-row inmate execution called off after failed attempt

It is the sixth failed lethal-injection execution in less than 10 years.
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Inmate’s last meal request highlights mental decline before controversial execution

Wesley Ira Purkey’s execution grabbed widespread attention in 2020. The 68-year-old Kansas native was sentenced to death in 2004.

Legal experts weigh in on the failed execution of Tony Carruthers

The execution was called off after medical personnel could not administer the lethal injection. Lawyers state there have been ...