Tennessee prison chief to resign after Christa Pike's failed execution
First reported 30 Sept, 23:19 UTCUpdated 2h ago55 sources
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Pike's lawyers said the failure "goes far beyond any one person". Pike is in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections.
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A witness said that what happened in Tennessee’s death chamber this week was “not normal.” Of course it wasn’t.
A condemned female murderer who survived two attempted lethal injections during a botched execution by the US state of Tennessee was in critical condition and receiving "life-saving care", her lawyer said.
Lethal injection dresses up the death penalty as something clinical and civilized. But the goal is the same: to kill someone.
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- Woman in US who survived execution in critical condition (opens RTÉ News in a new tab)
A condemned female murderer who survived two attempted lethal injections during a botched execution by the US state of Tennessee was in critical condition and receiving "life-saving care", her lawyer said.
- Christa Pike: What is agonal breathing, and pentobarbital drug as Tennessee death row inmate survives execution (opens Hindustan Times in a new tab)
Christa Pike, Tennessee's only female death row inmate, survived two lethal injections during her execution attempt, according to her lawyers.
- Tennessee Death Row Inmate Heard ‘Snoring’ After Surviving Two Lethal Injections (opens The Daily Wire in a new tab)
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survived two rounds of lethal injection Wednesday in an apparent botched execution and was rushed to a hospital as her attorneys filed emergency litigation to stop the state from trying again. “This execution is causing Ms. Pike unnecessary agony and occurring in violation of…
- Death Row Inmate Survives Two Lethal Injections (opens The Daily Beast in a new tab)
J. Miles Cary/ Knoxville News Sentinel/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike has survived two lethal injections and is being treated in a hospital. The satanist killer was given two doses of pentobarbital at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville just before 7.30 p.m. on…
- It Looks Like Christa Pike's Execution Was Severely Botched (opens Townhall in a new tab)
- Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike in critical condition after failed execution attempt (opens The Globe and Mail in a new tab)
Failure renews the debate about the state’s procedures and its use of single-drug lethal injections
- Tennessee governor halts executions after Christa Pike survives 2 lethal injection attempts (opens The Hill in a new tab)
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) on Wednesday halted capital punishments in the state, after death-row prisoner Christa Pike survived two lethal injections. “Carrying out a lawfully imposed sentence is among the State’s most serious responsibilities, and the people of Tennessee expect it to be done in a manner that is not…
- Headlines for October 1, 2026 (opens Democracy Now! in a new tab)
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- No more execution attempts on Christa Pike: UN rights chief (opens UN News in a new tab)
The UN human rights chief and nine independent rights experts on Thursday called on authorities in Tennessee not to pursue any further attempts to execute Christa Pike, saying her case highlights multiple concerns surrounding the death penalty.
- The contentious execution of Christa Pike (opens The Week in a new tab)
Botched execution of only woman on Tennessee death row draws attention to concerns about her sentence
- What is a botched execution, and what happened in previous cases? (opens The Washington Post in a new tab)
Christa Pike continued breathing for nearly an hour after she was administered lethal drugs in Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville.
- Christa Pike’s Botched Execution Is a Travesty. Blame the Supreme Court’s MAGA Majority. (opens Slate in a new tab)
The state of Tennessee tried to put Christa Pike to death on Wednesday, in what was an embarrassing spectacle of cruelty.
