The Tennessee Supreme Court has scheduled four more executions, even as questions linger about a lethal injection in August.

The executions are scheduled throughout 2026. The first, Tony Carruthers, is set for May 21. The executions of Anthony Hines, Christa Pike and Gary Wayne Sutton would follow.

If the state carries out Christa Pike’s death sentence, she will be the first woman to be put to death in Tennessee in more than 200 years, according to The Tennessean.

Gary Wayne Sutton has maintained his innocence since his conviction, and his attorney Randy Spivy issued a statement reiterating that position:

“The scientific evidence linking Gary to the case is from disgraced state medical examiner Charles Harlan, who was later stripped of his license,” the statement reads. “There is no mo

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