Legal battle intensifies over Tennessee's execution protocol

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Two botched executions in Tennessee are now part of a growing legal battle over the state's death penalty. A judge is allowing death row inmates to expand their lawsuit challenging Tennessee's lethal injection protocol. In May, Tony Carruthers' execution was halted after medical staff couldn't find a vein. Advocate Stacy Rector says [...]

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