Death row inmate gets reprieve after 'botched' execution in Tennessee [View all]

Tennessee has called off the execution of a death row inmate convicted of triple murder after his executioners failed to insert a backup intravenous line, prompting the governor to grant a one-year reprieve, the state's correction department told USA TODAY.

The execution team "quickly" established the primary IV line for Tony Carruthers on Thursday, May 21, but "could not find another suitable vein" for a backup line, which is required under the state's lethal injection protocol, the Tennessee Department of Correction said.

After the backup line failed, "the team attempted to insert a central line pursuant to the protocol but the procedure was unsuccessful," the department said.

Carruthers was in pain as the executioners tried to find a vein and there was "lots of blood," one of his attorneys, Amy Harwell, told The Commercial Appeal, part of the USA TODAY Network.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/execution-hold-officials-struggle-iv-173205008.html

So they're going to try and kill him again next year?