6. The Discovery

The Tennessee  Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay in Gary Sutton's intellectual disability hearing, and Governor Bill Lee has granted Tony Caruthers a temporary reprieve from execution following a failed execution attempt on 5/21/26. Then, we go back in time to some very interesting details about what Tommy Griffin didn't have with him when he was found in Walland on February 24, 1992. 

• ACLU Files Lawsuit
• Bill Lee Tuesday Statement 
• Riverbend Maximum Security Institution 
• Bill Lee / Tennessee Department of Corrections Thursday Statement
• Witnesses Speak after Failed Execution
• Tennessean report on the failed execution
• Commercial Appeal report on the failed execution 

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