MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Defense attorneys filed a civil action lawsuit asking the court to rule lethal injection as unconstitutional ...

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 ...

Carruthers, who was convicted of killing three people, had been scheduled for execution last week before complications arose ...

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

Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) delayed the execution of Tony Carruthers by one year after the inmate experienced a “botched” execution ...

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

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

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

A Florida man convicted of fatally stabbing of his cousin’s girlfriend and the couple's 4-year-old daughter is set to be ...

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.

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Richard Knight was executed at Florida State Prison on Thursday for the murders of a pregnant woman and her four year-old ...