Tennessee death row inmate spared execution after medics fail to find vein for lethal injection — gets one-year reprieve
A Tennessee death row inmate, Tony Carruthers, was spared execution due to medical personnel's inability to find a vein for lethal injection. He has been granted a one-year reprieve by Governor Bill Lee following the botched execution attempt. Carruthers maintains his innocence in the 1994 murders for which he was convicted.
- ▪Tony Carruthers, 57, was scheduled for execution but was spared when medics could not find a suitable vein for the lethal injection.
- ▪The execution was called off after medical personnel struggled for over an hour to establish a backup IV line.
- ▪Carruthers was sentenced to death for the 1994 kidnappings and murders of three individuals, but he has consistently claimed his innocence.
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US News Tennessee death row inmate spared execution after medics fail to find vein for lethal injection — gets one-year reprieve By Anna Young Published May 21, 2026, 5:09 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google A Tennessee death row inmate was spared execution Thursday morning after medical personnel failed to find a vein to deliver a lethal injection, state officials said. Tony Carruthers, 57, was granted a one-year reprieve after medics at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville couldn’t find a suitable vein for a backup IV line needed to administer the deadly cocktail under state law, according to the Tennessee Department of Corrections.
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