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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials on Thursday called off the lethal injection of Tony Carruthers, who was convicted of kidnapping and murdering three people in 1994, after his executioners ...

The Tennessee Department of Correction called off the execution of Tony Carruthers after repeated attempts to find a vein for lethal injection failed. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee then granted Carruthers a ...

Tennessee halted the execution of death row inmate Tony Carruthers on Thursday, his attorney said, after the officers tasked with establishing an intravenous line through which to administer lethal ...

Richard Knight is scheduled to be executed for the 2000 murders of Odessia Stephens and her daughter, Hanessia Mullings. Appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court, challenging his sentencing and Florida's ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The scheduled execution of Tony Carruthers has been called off, and he will remain on death row for another year. In a statement given to News 2, TDOC said medical personnel ...

Tony Carruthers’ execution was called off Thursday and he was given a one-year reprieve after the state Department of Corrections struggled to find a vein to set a backup injection line. Subscribe to ...

The last-minute reprieve in Tony Carruthers’ scheduled execution on May 21 is yet another reminder of a longer history in Tennessee. Carruthers' executioners were unable to find a vein to insert a ...

Tennessee’s governor granted a one-year stay of execution for Tony Carruthers after his lethal injection was halted Thursday when officials struggled to find a vein for more than an hour. Maria ...

Convicted killer Leroy Dean McGill was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday in Arizona’s first execution of 2026. Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry officials said the ...

The ruthless Iranian regime executed over 2,100 people in 2025, more than doubling the number of those put to death the year before — and pushing the total number of executions across the globe to a ...

A federal judge denied the latest effort to pause the execution of Tony Carruthers, who is scheduled to be executed on May 21. His attorneys sought to have fingerprint and DNA evidence tested, which ...