Tennessee’s failed execution ignites a medical ethics debate : NPR - pg

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 through his collarbone and shoulder. That didn't work, either.

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Carruthers groaned in pain and blood oozed from puncture wounds, DeLiberato said in a news briefing. [...] NPR logo

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