Tennessee Execution Halted Over Inability to Secure Backup IV Line
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Tony Carruthers' scheduled Tennessee execution was halted when corrections could not establish a backup IV line for lethal injection, despite a primary line being in place; the delay prompted emergency stays and ongoing appeals amid concerns about expired drugs and requests for DNA testing, while Carruthers maintains his innocence.
- Tony Carruthers’ execution stopped after corrections could set up a backup IV line 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
- Tennessee halts man's execution after being unable to find vein for lethal injection WTVC
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