Attorneys argue the reprieve granted to Tony Carruthers should extend to all other executions. The mother of a death row ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Defense attorneys filed a civil action lawsuit asking the state of Tennessee to rule lethal injection as unconstitutional ...

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

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.

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

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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 ...