Tennessee stops execution after failing to find vein for lethal drugs

The planned execution of decease enactment inmate Tony Carruthers successful Tennessee was called disconnected Thursday aft officials struggled to find a vein for an hour, according to his attorney, who was contiguous astatine the execution.

Maria DeLiberato, an lawyer for Carruthers, said she saw Carruthers "wincing and groaning" and called it "horrible" to watch.

An email to a spokeswoman for the authorities corrections section was not instantly returned.

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