October 7, 2026 9:06 am
(The Center Square) – The resignation of Department of Corrections Commissioner Frank Strada and an investigation into the failed execution of Christa Pike may not answer all the questions about why the state has not carried out two executions this year, Pike’s attorneys said. Pike was taken to a hospital on Wednesday evening after she remained alive after two doses ...
(The Center Square) – Lawyers for Christa Pike are asking Tennessee second-term Republican Gov. Bill Lee to commute her sentence after two failed attempts at execution on Wednesday evening. She was hospitalized in critical condition following the botched attempt to end her life. Long-term recovery prospects had not been publicly shared through midday Friday. “Christa has endured punishment greater than ...
(The Center Square) – Christa Pike survived two injections that were to be lethal, fulfilling a Tennessee death penalty sentence Wednesday evening and was taken to a hospital for care, according to her lawyers. Her condition remained publicly unknown at time of publication. It’s the second time the state has experienced a failed execution this year. Second-term Republican Gov. Bill ...
(The Center Square) – Christa Pike on Wednesday morning was spared execution in Tennessee by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Gov. Bill Lee, the second-term Republican, had said Monday he would not intervene. The state Supreme Court declined her petition Tuesday evening. The appellate court halted the scheduled 10 a.m. proceedings inside Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville. ...
