Tennessee, Alabama, and Oklahoma plan to execute inmates on the same day this week. That would make Thursday the first time in nearly 16 years that three executions occur on the same day in the U.S. Robin Maher from the Death Penalty Information Center notes that a small number of states drive execution numbers.
A court is deciding whether Tennessee’s execution methods violate Christa Pike’s rights. Hearings are underway.
Days before Tennessee’s next execution, a court is considering whether the state’s execution methods violate another death row inmate’s rights.
Amid mounting calls for a death penalty moratorium, Tennessee’s governor says executions will continue
Tennessee is scheduled to execute Anthony “Darrell” Hines on Aug. 13. More people have been calling for a death penalty moratorium but Gov. Bill Lee says that’s not going to happen.
Doctors shouldn’t serve as executioners, Tennessee physicians say
Yet another group is calling for a death penalty moratorium after the failed execution of Tony Carruthers in May. This time, it’s doctors and nurses.
Complaint accuses doctor involved in failed Tennessee execution of violating ethics
A Tennessee death row inmate’s sister has filed a complaint against a doctor involved in his failed execution. It claims that Tony Carruthers suffered excruciating pain on May 21 as the IV team struggled for over an hour to insert a backup line.
GOP lawmakers seek investigation into Tennessee’s failed execution
Tennessee Republican senators are calling on the state to launch a formal investigation into the botched execution attempt of Tony Carruthers in May. Several legal battles are also challenging Tennessee’s lethal injection protocol.
Tennessee court denies independent exam after Tony Carruthers’ failed execution
After the state of Tennessee failed in its attempt to execute Tony Carruthers last month, defense attorneys were in a mad dash to preserve evidence. Tennessee Department of Correction staff and medical contractors had tried to establish an IV into Carruthers’ arms — and, when that failed, a doctor tried twice to cut into his […]
Tennessee fails to execute Tony Carruthers after IV difficulties. State won’t try again for a year
Tennessee officials have called off the lethal injection of Tony Carruthers, who was convicted of kidnapping and murdering three people in 1994, after his executioners tried and failed for over an hour to establish an intravenous line. Gov. Bill Lee says the state will not try again for at least a year.
Ahead of Tennessee execution, advocates push for DNA testing and commutation
Tennessee is scheduled to execute Tony Carruthers, but advocates want untested DNA samples examined first.
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