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Doctor in failed Tennessee execution says he didn’t want prisoner to suffer

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Tennessee’s failure to execute a man by lethal injection last month after no one could locate a suitable vein led to a rare unmasking: Not only was a practicing physician identified as a participant in the death chamber, but witnesses say he played a direct role in botching the execution.

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Doctor in failed execution says he didn’t want Tony Carruthers to suffer

Dr. Mark Walton Fowler claims every effort was made to minimize discomfort during Memphis inmate Tony Carruthers’ botched execution, which was ultimately aborted.

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Doctor in failed Tennessee execution says he didn’t want prisoner to suffer

Dr. Mark Walton Fowler played a key role in the failed lethal injection of Tony Carruthers in a Tennessee prison before it was called off after 90 minutes.

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NBC News broke the news in United States on Monday, June 1, 2026.
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