India, Oct. 1 -- Gary Wayne Sutton, a Tennessee death row inmate convicted in the 1992 killings of siblings Tommy Griffin and Connie Branam. Sutton, who has spent three decades on death row, had been scheduled to receive a lethal injection on December 3.

However, Governor Bill Lee suspended all remaining executions in the state for 2026 following the failed execution attempt of Christa Pike. Lee announced the statewide pause hours after Pike survived two rounds of lethal injection drugs during an execution attempt at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution on September 30.

The governor ordered an independent review into the incident, saying no further executions would take place until the investigation is complete.

The decision effectiv...