Tennessee Readies Execution Amid Defense Claims of Flawed Trial and Drug Testing
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Tony Carruthers, 57, is scheduled for execution in Tennessee as his lawyers challenge whether the state’s lethal-injection drugs were properly tested and seek DNA/fingerprint testing and a mental-competence ruling; he was convicted largely on informant testimony with no physical evidence after representing himself at trial.
- Tennessee is preparing to execute Tony Carruthers, whose defenders question trial fairness NBC News
- Tennessee set to execute first person forced to represent himself at trial in more than a century The Guardian
- Tennessee stops execution after failing to find inmate's vein for lethal drugs, attorney says CBS News
- TDOC calls off Tony Carruthers execution after failure to set IV The Commercial Appeal
- TN death row inmate execution set for Thursday WREG.com
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