NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – More than 50,000 people have signed a petition to halt the execution of Tennessee inmate Tony Carruthers, who is on death row for allegedly murdering three people.
Carruthers was convicted for the 1994 first-degree murders of Marcellos Anderson, Delois Anderson and Frederick Tucker. His execution has been scheduled for Thursday, but his case has stirred a national outcry.
Late last month, his attorneys filed a complaint for relief, saying that his conviction was “based entirely on circumstantial evidence, including testimony from a secretly paid informant, several convicted felons, and the medical examiner’s false and discredited testimony.” In announcing that complaint, his attorneys said that they would ask Gov. Bill Lee for clemency…