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Tennessee carried out a long-awaited execution Thursday morning, putting 66-year-old Anthony Darrell Hines to death for the 1985 murder of Catherine Jean Jenkins — stabbed 13 times while working at a motel. After spending over four decades on death row, Hines’ attorneys pleaded for mercy, citing his paralysis from strokes and fears over IV access, but the governor denied clemency. His family, including son Dennis and daughter Melissa, called the moment a painful but necessary closure. The execution followed a May attempt that was halted after officials spent over an hour struggling to secure IV lines — a grim reminder of the state’s ongoing challenges with lethal injections. Despite pleas for compassion, Hines declined to speak in his final moments.

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