The lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s lethal injection protocol is getting a major update. On Friday morning, a Davidson County judge signed off on a re-written complaint that documents issues in each of the executions carried out under the new protocol.
Authorities are trying to piece together how an escaped Tennessee inmate evaded capture for 10 days
Authorities are still trying to piece together how a convicted murderer in Tennessee evaded capture for more than a week.
Christa Pike says she’s in constant pain and blames her failed execution on ‘incompetence’
Christa Pike says she is in constant pain since surviving a lethal injection in Tennessee last month. In her first public statement, issued Friday, she expressed gratitude for the love and support she has received.
Inmate’s escape is just the latest problem for Tennessee’s troubled prison system
The weekend escape of a Tennessee inmate who was convicted of murdering a co-worker was just the latest black eye for the state’s troubled prison system. It comes after a failed execution and frequent reports of understaffing and violence.
Tennessee paid $1M for lethal injection drugs; concerns rising about past botched executions
Several new details about Tennessee’s recent executions came to light this week, including the price of the drugs and issues with executions leading up to Christa Pike’s catastrophic failed one.
After Christa Pike’s failed execution, some Americans think Tennessee should try again
A new poll shows one-third of Americans support a second execution attempt.
One year in, has the Memphis Safe Task Force made the city safer?
When President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to Memphis, crime was already at a 25-year low. To date, the Memphis Safe Task Force has made nearly 23,000 arrests, most for nonviolent crimes.
Flock cameras are dividing Tennessee towns. Here’s the split in Murfreesboro.
Murfreesboro is one of many cities battling over Flock surveillance cameras. This summer, the city extended its contract with Flock — but police opted not to integrate the license plate readers with the department’s drones.
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.
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