NASHVILLE, Tenn. WZTV) — Tennessee’s death penalty protocol was called back into question this past week when the execution of convicted murdered Tony Caruthers of Memphis was postponed for a year.
Governor Bill Lee delayed the process for a full year after medical personal were unable to find a back up vein to deliver the lethal injection in case the primary port was compromised.
For Caruthers, it’s another year to prove prosecutors convicted the wrong man, which his attorneys assert and claim DNA tests could help prove…