Defense attorneys describe the hour-long attempt to execute Tony Carruthers, a death row inmate from Memphis convicted in a ...

Christa Pike’s attorney said last week’s halted execution of Tony Carruthers raises concerns about Tennessee’s lethal ...

Then, the execution stopped. Officials couldn’t establish the second IV line, which state law requires for any lethal injection. Instead, Gov. Bill Lee granted Carruthers a temporary reprieve from ...

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

Attorneys spoke on the importance of halting all executions in the state until the lethal injection litigation is resolved.

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

The three cases, unfolding within 24 hours, share a disturbing set of commonalities: fundamentally unfair sentencing proceedings, defendants whose severe mental illness, unaddressed childhood trauma ...

Tennessee death row prisoner Tony Carruthers was issued a one-year stay of execution last Thursday after prison officials were unable to find a backup injection vein in a botched execution attempt ...

Carruthers was set to be executed on Thursday, May 21, but the execution was canceled after a failed lethal injection.

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

The doctor tasked with starting IV lines for Tennessee executions had not placed a central line in 13 years and does not have hospital privileges, according to a new federal court filing.