Episode 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.

Episode Links:

👨‍⚖️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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