Nation Oct 08 Christa Pike's attorneys say she is walking with help and eating after failed execution attempt By Kristin M. Hall, Kim Chandler, Associated Press
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
Nation Oct 03 Tennessee's prisons chief is resigning after the failed execution of Christa Pike 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. By Ed White, Associated Press
Nation Oct 02 Christa Pike on a ventilator and unconscious after failed Tennessee execution, attorneys say The stunning failure in Tennessee’s execution chamber on Wednesday has left both sides of the death penalty debate demanding answers. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has ordered an independent review. By Kim Chandler, Jamie Stengle, Associated Press
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
Oct 01 Tennessee governor halts executions after Christa Gail Pike survives lethal injection attempt By Kimberly Chandler, Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press Pike, 50, was alive and loudly snoring after the attempted lethal injection and taken by ambulance from the prison, her attorneys said. She was being treated at a hospital, but they said they hadn’t been told about her condition. Continue reading