Tennessee halted the execution of death row inmate Tony Carruthers on Thursday, his attorney said, after the officers tasked with establishing an intravenous line through which to administer lethal ...

A North Texas man whom experts for both prosecutors and defense attorneys had said was intellectually disabled became the 600th person executed in Texas since 1982, put to death Thursday evening for ...

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The ruthless Iranian regime executed over 2,100 people in 2025, more than doubling the number of those put to death the year before — and pushing the total number of executions across the globe to a ...

Tony Carruthers’ execution was called off Thursday and he was given a one-year reprieve after the state Department of Corrections struggled to find a vein to set a backup injection line. Subscribe to ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The scheduled execution of Tony Carruthers has been called off, and he will remain on death row for another year. In a statement given to News 2, TDOC said medical personnel ...

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for Texas to carry out its 600th execution on Thursday, May 14. Edward Busby's execution had been on hold for nearly a week after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court ...

Tennessee has called off the execution of a death row inmate convicted of triple murder after his executioners failed to insert a backup intravenous line, prompting the governor to grant a one-year ...

A federal judge denied the latest effort to pause the execution of Tony Carruthers, who is scheduled to be executed on May 21. His attorneys sought to have fingerprint and DNA evidence tested, which ...

The last-minute reprieve in Tony Carruthers’ scheduled execution on May 21 is yet another reminder of a longer history in Tennessee. Carruthers' executioners were unable to find a vein to insert a ...

The human rights group Amnesty International confirmed that at least 2,707 people were put to death in 2025 but said the actual number was much higher. Despite these figures, there are indications of ...