Tennessee governor gives reprieve to inmate after botched execution

Gov. Bill Lee issued a one-year reprieve Thursday for Tennessee death row inmate Tony Carruthers after a failed execution attempt. According to the Tennessee Department of Correction, medical personnel tapped a primary vein to deliver the drugs for lethal injection but were unsuccessful in finding a backup vein as dictated by execution protocol. Maria DiLiberato […]

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