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After failed execution, health workers say Tennessee's rules flout medical ethics (opens the original)
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This story describes a lethal injection procedure used in state executions. In May, a group of healthcare workers spent about an hour trying to establish complete IV access so they could inject Tony Carruthers, an inmate at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tennessee, with a lethal dose of sedative. Maria DeLiberato, an attorney for Carruthers, was in the room. She said the workers stuck his arms and feet with needles, to no avail. A doctor then tried to insert a central l
After failed execution, health workers say Tennessee's method flouts medical ethics (opens the original)
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This story describes the lethal injection procedure used in a death penalty. In May, a group of healthcare workers spent about an hour trying to establish complete IV access so they could inject Tony Carruthers, an inmate at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, with a lethal dose of sedative. Maria DeLiberato, an attorney for Carruthers, was in the room. She said the workers stuck his arms and feet with needles, to no avail. A doctor then tried to insert a central line throug
Tennessee's failed execution ignites a medical ethics debate (opens the original)
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The death penalty is legal in 27 states, and all of them use lethal injection as the primary method. That means medical professionals must store, test and inject the drugs. Tennessee's next execution is coming up on Wednesday. And as Catherine Sweeney from member station WPLN reports, some doctors want healthcare workers to be removed from the process entirely. And a note to listeners - this story describes the lethal injection procedure used in the death penalty. CATHERINE SWEENEY, BYLINE: Back
Tennessee executes Anthony Darrell Hines (opens the original)
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Tennessee executed Anthony “Darrell” Hines on Thursday morning. He was convicted of murder for the 1985 killing of Catherine Jean Jenkins. “For four decades, our family has endured the unimaginable pain and grief of her death,” her daughter, Melissa Jenkins, said in a press conference afterward. “While today does not bring closure, nor does it bring my mother back, it does finally bring justice. Our focus remains on honoring her memory and finding peace.” Continuing coverage: Lethal injection in
Tennessee Supreme Court appoints special master to investigate gender concerns in lethal injection process (opens the original)
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Attorneys for a death row inmate convinced the Tennessee Supreme Court to conduct an investigation into the state’s lethal injection program. But it’s not because of the recent failed execution. The state is scheduled to execute Christa Pike on Sept. 30. She would be the first woman put to death in the state in two centuries. Defense attorneys note that Pike has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder because of an extensive history of sexual trauma, which started when she was a toddl
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