MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Tuesday he does not plan to stop the execution of Tony Carruthers, which is set to happen Thursday.
“After deliberate consideration of Tony Von Carruthers’ request for clemency, and after a thorough review of the case, I am upholding the sentence of the State of Tennessee and do not plan to intervene,” Lee said in a statement released at 11:30 Tuesday morning.
Carruthers has spent more than 30 years on death row after being convicted in a 1994 Memphis kidnapping and murder case.
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