Nation Oct 13 Florida executed a prisoner who killed his cellmate in hopes of getting a death sentence. It's the state's 17th execution of the year By David Fischer, Associated Press
Politics Oct 13 Why experts are urging parents to prepare kids for possible livestreamed execution Graphic video could be clipped, copied and pushed into children’s social feeds even if the original stream is restricted. By Laurie Kellman, Rebecca Boone, Associated Press
Nation Oct 08 Watch 5:33 Botched execution reignites debate surrounding death penalty Christa Pike, the Tennessee woman who survived a botched execution, has reportedly taken a few steps in her hospital room six days after she received two lethal injections. Justice correspondent Ali Rogin discussed questions surrounding the state of capital punishment… By Amna Nawaz, Kyle Midura
Nation Oct 06 Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after failed execution attempt in Tennessee, her attorneys say Pike's survival raises further questions about her medical and legal future. Her attorneys said her prognosis remains unclear and that she faces a long recovery. By Kim Chandler, Associated Press
Nation Oct 04 Christa Pike's lawyer says she has not regained consciousness since her failed Tennessee execution Little has been released about Pike's condition since Wednesday night's execution attempt. She has since remained hospitalized under guard as doctors try to get the massive dose of the barbiturate pentobarbital out of her system. By Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press
Oct 03 Tennessee's prisons chief is resigning after the failed execution of Christa Pike By Ed White, Associated Press Frank Strada said in a statement that resigning was “in the best interest of Tennesseans” while an independent review determines what happened Wednesday when the state failed to execute Pike despite administering two doses of a lethal drug. Continue reading
Oct 02 Many states have backup execution plans, but failures still happen By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press Twenty-seven states have capital punishment, and they vary widely in how they administer the death penalty and just how much of that lethal process they keep hidden from public view, according to the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center. Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch 6:27 What we know about Tennessee's botched execution of Christa Pike By Amna Nawaz, Sam Weber, Ali Schmitz Tennessee officials failed to carry out the lethal injection of death row inmate Christa Pike on Wednesday. Her attorneys say she is alive and in critical condition after being given two separate doses of pentobarbital meant to kill her. Pike… Continue watching
Oct 01 The latest on Christa Pike's case and Tennessee's previously botched executions By Maria Ramirez Uribe A failed execution in Tennessee is raising more questions about the state’s capital punishment protocols after Christa Gail Pike survived two doses of a lethal injection Wednesday evening. Continue reading
Aug 18 Florida to carry out 13th execution this year in nation's busiest death chamber By David Fischer, Associated Press A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting his estranged wife and wounding his mother-in-law is set to be executed. Continue reading