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People protesting against the scheduled execution of Tony Carruthers stacked boxes with signed petitions outside Gov. Bill Lee’s office door at the Tennessee State Capitol on May 18. Photo by Madison Thorn for MLK50

Tony Von Carruthers was scheduled to die by lethal injection on May 21.

Executioners spent more than an hour trying to place an IV line into his bo...


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Pieces of a broken globe sit on a sidewalk at Greenbrook at Shelby Farms. Photo by Kevin Wurm / MLK50 / CatchLight Local / Report for America

The sprawling Greenbrook at Shelby Farms apartment complex is home to


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The top tier of Lauren Ashe Cuautle and Bryan Cuautle Romero’s wedding cake is still in the freezer, in a plastic container, tucked behind other food.

The Memphis couple celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary April 9, but they weren’t able to be together for it: Bryan has been detained at the West Tennessee Detention Facility in Mason since Nov. 21, 2025, c...


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The horrors of the attempted execution of Tony Carruthers have stayed with me. Our public safety reporter, Brittany Brown, was there and will publish more about her experiences soon. But I also asked


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Trekeria Rainey poses for a portrait on Mud Island in Memphis. Photo by Kevin Wurm/MLK50/CatchLight Local/Report for America

When I was 15, I spent nine months in juvenile detention. Every day looked the same: I woke up at 6 a.m., brushed my teeth and hair, left my cell to eat breakfast, spent a few hours on the phone and watching TV, ate lunch and dinner, and went back t...


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