On May 21, Tennessee authorities stopped the scheduled lethal injection of Tony Carruthers following a failed hour-long attempt to establish an intravenous line. The 57-year-old was sentenced for the ...

Defense attorneys are urging Gov. Bill Lee to pause all executions in Tennessee after what they call a botched lethal ...

Following the failed execution of death row inmate Tony Carruthers, attorneys are calling for Governor Bill Lee to pause all ...

Attorneys are calling on Governor Bill Lee to pause all state executions, following the failed execution of death row inmate ...

A DEATH row inmate has been spared execution after doctors failed to find a vein for a lethal injection. Tony Carruthers, 57, was granted a one-year reprieve at Riverbend Maximum Security ...

In a lawsuit, convicted killer Christa Pike is arguing Tennessee's lethal injection procedure would be cruel and unusual ...

Officials struggled to find a vein for an hour before calling it off, Tony Carruthers' attorney said Thursday.

Attorneys call for a pause as litigation is underway, challenging the state’s current lethal injection protocol.

A Memphis man was not executed on Thursday morning after staff had to call off the procedure. Tony Carruthers was scheduled ...

Oklahoma plans to resume executions by using nitrogen or another gas to starve an inmate of oxygen because it cannot obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections, state officials said on Wednesday.

LIBERTY, Mo. (WDAF) — Joshua Rocha was sentenced to death by lethal injection on Monday after he was found guilty of murdering North Kansas City Police Officer Daniel Vasquez. North Kansas City ...

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