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The evidence a death row prisoner hopes will save him from execution after 30 years
- Carruthers’ attorneys ask the Tennessee Supreme Court to test unidentified DNA and fingerprints before the May 21 execution date.
- The defense notes six fingerprint prints do not match Carruthers or Montgomery, a fact never presented at trial.
- ACLU argues testing could create serious reasonable doubt about Carruthers’ guilt or the death sentence.
- The case against Carruthers dates back to 1994, when three bodies were found in Memphis.
- Montgomery, Carruthers’ co-defendant, was granted a retrial and later freed after a plea deal.
- The motion notes an unidentified male DNA profile on a white blanket remains uncharacterized.
- The Tennessee Court of Appeals previously denied fingerprint testing for Carruthers.
- Carruthers has been on death row for about 30 years and faces execution in May if the appeal fails.
- The case is cited in broader debates about DNA testing in death-penalty appeals.
- The motion emphasizes that DNA testing could be completed before the execution, but may not affect timing.
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