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Anthony Darrell Hines was executed Thursday morning for the 1985 murder of motel maid Catherine Jean Jenkins, his final words: “Tell my son hello.” Originally sentenced to death in 1986, he received a second death sentence in 1989 after appeal. This execution follows the botched attempt on Tony Carruthers’ life three months prior, when medical staff struggled for over an hour to establish an IV — prompting gubernatorial intervention. Tennessee officials haven’t confirmed if the same team handled Hines’ case, though the state Supreme Court previously dismissed Hines’ claims, calling the earlier IV failure an isolated incident.

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