Lawyer: Murderer Christa Pike Is ‘Up and Walking’ After Failed Execution
Murderer Christa Pike’s lawyer said she has been walking around her hospital room after surviving two botched lethal injections on September 30 in Tennessee.
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Tennessee Prison Commissioner Resigns After Murderer Christa Pike Survives Double Dose of Lethal Injection
Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada resigned from his post Saturday, a few days after murderer Christa Pike survived two doses of lethal injection and is still alive at a hospital.
Christa Pike Granted All-Female Execution Team Before Botched Lethal Injection
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike — who is now in the hospital after a botched execution — was given the all-female lethal injection team she had requested, her attorneys revealed on Thursday.
Christa Pike in Critical Condition After Botched Lethal Injections
Christa Pike is in critical condition after she survived two lethal doses of pentobarbital as part of her sentence.
Report: Female Killer Set to Be Executed This Week Wants All-Women Lethal Injection Team
The first woman sentenced to death in the state of Tennessee in 200 years is demanding a lethal injection team of all women to carry out her execution, saying she could be traumatized by having men involved in her final moments.
Oklahoma Executes Man Who Murdered and Nearly Beheaded 10-Year-Old Girl as Part of ‘Cannibalistic Fantasy’
Oklahoma has executed a man who admitted to sexually assaulting and killing a 10-year-old girl as part of a sick cannibalistic fantasy.
Texas Rapist, Murderer Executed by Lethal Injection
A Texas man convicted of abducting, sexually assaulting, and killing a woman in 2001 was executed via chemical injection on Wednesday.
‘Justice Has Finally Been Served’: Alabama Executes Man for Killing Elderly Woman with Claw Hammer
A man was executed Friday in Alabama after he brutally murdered an elderly woman in 2001 inside her home.
First Execution Scheduled in South Carolina with Firing Squad as Option
South Carolina has set a date for its first death row execution since renovating its Death Chamber to accommodate death by firing squad.
New Zealand Allows Euthanasia for Coronavirus Patients ‘in Some Circumstances’
New Zealand’s Ministry of Health has confirmed that patients suffering from the Wuhan coronavirus could be eligible for a right to a lethal injection under the nation’s new euthanasia law.
South Carolina Seeks to Resume Executions After Nearly 10 Years
South Carolina lawmakers seek to resume executions in the state after going nearly ten years without executing an inmate.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine: Lethal Injection No Longer an Execution Option
Lethal injection is no longer a method for capital punishment in Ohio, and lawmakers must opt for a different method before any prison inmates can be sentenced to death in the future, Gov. Mike DeWine (R) announced Tuesday.
