MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The attorney who wrote Tennessee’s death penalty statute in 1976 is criticizing the medical staff involved in the botched execution of Tony Carruthers and warning of legal ...

For more than an hour, Tony Carruthers lay strapped to an execution gurney in Tennessee's death chamber as his executioners struggled to find a vein. They tried his arms, shoulders, feet, chest and ...

Tennessee's recent attempt to execute Tony Carruthers failed after the team could not establish an IV line. Gov. Bill Lee announced he will not order a review of the state's lethal injection protocol ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tennessee has called off the execution of a death row inmate convicted of triple murder after his executioners failed to insert a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A Tennessee execution was called off Thursday morning after medical personnel were unable to establish a required backup IV line during more than an hour of attempts, leading ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Executions in the United States are frequently botched, but even then, they almost always result in the death of the person being ...