A failed execution in Tennessee left death row inmate Tony Carruthers bleeding and moaning, a witness says. Attorneys for ...

Death row inmate Tony Carruthers was in pain as the executioners tried to find a vein and there was "lots of blood," one of ...

Currently, a lawsuit challenging Tennessee's current lethal injection protocol is pending in a Davidson County Chancery Court ...

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 ...

Supporters of Gary Wayne Sutton, the man convicted of of murdering a brother and sister in Blount and Sevier counties in 1992, are speaking out about concerns with Tennessee's execution protocol after ...

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

The filing includes the deposition of the physician for the execution of Tony Carruthers. The state called off the execution Thursday morning after failing to establish IV access.

Tennessee botched the high-profile execution of Tony Carruthers May 21, resulting in Gov. Bill Lee granting the prisoner a ...

Tennessee officials on Thursday called off the lethal injection of Tony Carruthers, who was convicted of kidnapping and ...

For over an hour, Tony Carruthers lay strapped to an execution gurney in Tennessee's death chamber as his executioners struggled to find a vein.

Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada is no stranger to botched executions such as the one in which defense attorneys say death row inmate Tony Carruthers was “tortured.” ...

The botched execution sparked immediate backlash. Witness say medical staff struggled to find a vein to administer a lethal ...