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Execution by injection fails for killer of 3 people, doctors couldn't find his vein

2026-05-22 20:01:09Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Execution by injection fails for killer of 3 people, doctors couldn't find
Tony Carruthers

He was on his deathbed, surrounded by doctors who were supposed to inject him with the lethal serum. One stab, then a second, then a third, but Tony Carruthers, convicted in 1996 of kidnapping and murdering 3 people in Tennessee, refused to die.

“I saw him writhe and groan several times,” said his lawyer, Maria DeLiberato. “It was a horrific scene.” Finally, after an hour and a half of effort, the death penalty was suspended. The official reason? Staff couldn’t find a vein for the injection.

After this failure, Governor Bill Lee decided to postpone the execution of Carruthers' sentence for one year.

The 57-year-old was due to be executed on Thursday morning, after years of appeals over a sentence that has never fully convinced many people. In 1994, three people – drug trafficker Marcellos Anderson, his mother Delois and Frederick Tucker – were kidnapped and brutally murdered.

In 1996, Carruthers was convicted of the triple murder, which the jury described as an act of extreme cruelty in which the Memphis resident tried to take control of a drug trafficking ring in his neighborhood. However, no trace of him was found at the crime scene. The conviction came because of a series of testimonies – some later retracted – from inmates who claimed to have heard him tell stories about the murder.

After a months-long trial, in which 6 defense attorneys withdrew their positions due to threats from their client, Carruthers was sentenced to lethal injection.

However, a final day dragged on for years due to doubts about the sentence and a series of appeals. The latest concerns the drugs used during the execution, which, according to the 57-year-old’s lawyers, were “years old.” Finally, the effort came Thursday morning: “The state is torturing a man; our justice system should not work this way,” said lawyer Melanie Verdecia.


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