Tennessee's Failed Execution Attempt of Tony Carruthers Sparks Cruelty Concerns

Tennessee’s attempt to execute Tony Carruthers failed. It must not try again | Austin Sarat

Carruthers’ court case was fraught with problems. A second execution attempt would be the kind of cruelty no decent society should countenance On 21 May, Tony Carruthers had an experience that few others have had. He was taken to the execution chamber, where the state of Tennessee began the process of putting him to death, but it failed to finish what it started. Carruthers was not killed and he lived to tell about it. He became the ninth person to survive a failed execution in the last 80 ye...

By Austin Sarat