U.S. Senator and Tennessee governor hopeful Marsha Blackburn is calling for the state to use the electric chair for executions.
Tennessee’s execution failures need reform, public defender says
The federal public defender’s office in Middle Tennessee is calling for substantial reforms to Tennessee’s lethal injection process.
Gov. Lee halts execution, orders third-party review following Pike’s failed lethal injection
Tennessee’s governor is ordering a comprehensive review of Tennessee’s second botched execution this year.
After failed execution, health workers say Tennessee’s rules flout medical ethics
As another death row inmate’s execution arrives, doctors and nurses in Tennessee say they want medical professionals removed from the execution process.
Tennessee unable to carry out the execution by lethal injection of Christa Gail Pike, witnesses say
Tennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder on Wednesday, media witnesses said, after the lethal injection was halted for hours as courts considered a last-minute appeal.
Christa Pike’s spiritual advisor on Buddhism, execution and the responsibility to respond
The upcoming execution of Christa Pike is getting more than the usual attention: she’s the first woman in more than 180 years to face the death penalty in Tennessee and she’s a practicing Buddhist, a focal point in her legal battles and how she will be put to death.
A court is deciding whether Tennessee’s execution methods violate Christa Pike’s rights. Hearings are underway.
Days before Tennessee’s next execution, a court is considering whether the state’s execution methods violate another death row inmate’s rights.
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