A new poll shows one-third of Americans support a second execution attempt.
911 recordings show why ambulance was delayed after Pike’s failed execution
After the second round of lethal drugs failed to kill Christa Pike, she lay on a gurney for an hour an a half before an ambulance took her to a hospital. Newly released recordings from Nashville’s emergency dispatch reveal why.
Nashvillager Podcast: Tennessee, death penalty test case
How is the world talking about the failed execution of Christa Pike? Plus, the local news for October 12, 2026.
Christa Pike is discharged from a hospital after surviving execution attempt, her attorneys say
Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection, has been moved back to prison, her attorneys said Saturday.
Drugs in jars, bags of cash: Tennessee ignored warnings from Arizona’s botched executions
Christa Pike’s botched execution in Tennessee was not the first to go wrong on Frank Strada’s watch. Before he took charge of Tennessee’s prisons, Strada oversaw three botched executions in Arizona.
Christa Pike is walking with help and eating after failed execution attempt, her attorneys say
Lawyers for Christa Pike say the Tennessee woman has begun walking and eating again at a hospital, a week after surviving the state’s attempt to execute her with lethal drugs.
Christa Pike survived a failed execution. So did 7 other inmates in recent decades
Christa Pike, who has regained consciousness and is speaking a week Tennessee failed to execute her, is believed to be the only person to survive after receiving lethal injection drugs during an execution. But Pike is not the first inmate to survive a botched execution attempt.
A community conversation on the death penalty and the botched execution of Christa Pike
One week ago, Tennessee tried to carry out the execution of Christa Pike. The execution did not go as planned. Pike survived the lethal injection, making her case an unprecedented moment in the history of capital punishment.
Nashvillager Podcast: What now?
Where does a failed execution put Tennessee in regards to the death penalty? Plus, the local news for October 8, 2026.
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