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

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

Tony Carruthers, who was convicted of a 1994 triple murder in Memphis, was set to be put to death at 10 a.m. Thursday.

Defense attorneys say the state's 2025 lethal injection protocol is broken and are calling on Gov. Bill Lee to halt all ...

Gov. Bill Lee granted a one-year reprieve Thursday after Tennessee halted the execution of Tony Carruthers amid problems ...

Crafty death-row lawyers and bleeding-heart judges get the blame, but the public might just as well point the finger at state government itself for Tennessee's failure to carry out death sentences.

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee granted death row inmate Tony Carruthers a one-year reprieve from execution following a failed ...

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

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A group of news organizations is suing Tennessee’s Department of Corrections commissioner and a prison warden over the limitations the state’s execution methods present to ...

Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate say they are concerned the state may be planning to use expired lethal injection ...

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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols on Monday declined to choose between the electric chair and lethal injection for his Dec. 11 execution, meaning the state will ...