A DEATH row inmate has been spared execution after doctors failed to find a vein for a lethal injection. Tony Carruthers, 57, was granted a one-year reprieve at Riverbend Maximum Security ...

A Tennessee death row inmate was spared execution Thursday morning after medical personnel failed to find a vein to deliver a ...

Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) delayed the execution of Tony Carruthers by one year after the inmate experienced a “botched” execution ...

Defense attorneys are urging Gov. Bill Lee to pause all executions in Tennessee after what they call a botched lethal ...

Attorneys are calling on Governor Bill Lee to pause all state executions, following the failed execution of death row inmate ...

In a lawsuit, convicted killer Christa Pike is arguing Tennessee's lethal injection procedure would be cruel and unusual ...

A Memphis man was not executed on Thursday morning after staff had to call off the procedure. Tony Carruthers was scheduled ...

Officials struggled to find a vein for an hour before calling it off, Tony Carruthers' attorney said Thursday.

Oklahoma plans to resume executions by using nitrogen or another gas to starve an inmate of oxygen because it cannot obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections, state officials said on Wednesday.

HOUSTON (AP) — Louisiana is set this week to execute a man by nitrogen gas, the first execution in the state in 15 years. Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, is scheduled to die on Tuesday in Louisiana. He was ...

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Richard Knight was executed at Florida State Prison on Thursday for the murders of a pregnant woman and her four year-old ...