Oct 08 Pentagon says firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed By Konstantin Toropin, Associated Press The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.”… Continue reading
Oct 07 Texas set to execute Jamaal Howard for 2000 fatal shooting By Jamie Stengle, Associated Press Howard's attorneys have argued that he is intellectually disabled and his execution should be halted. The state said that he has not presented evidence that would show he meets the requirements for a claim of intellectual disability. Continue reading
Oct 04 Christa Pike's lawyer says she has not regained consciousness since her failed Tennessee execution By Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Oct 02 Christa Pike on a ventilator and unconscious after failed Tennessee execution, attorneys say By Kim Chandler, Jamie Stengle, Associated Press 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. 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
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
Sep 30 Court halts execution of Christa Gail Pike for a Tennessee murder she committed at age 18 By Kim Chandler, Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press Tennessee's execution of Christa Gail Pike for a murder she committed at age 18 was halted Wednesday about an hour before it was set to begin, as a federal appeals court sought to review whether her allegations of childhood sexual… Continue reading
Aug 12 3 states are set to hold executions on the same day, a first in the US since 2010 By Kim Chandler, Travis Loller, Jamie Stengle, Associated Press Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma plan to execute inmates Thursday in what would be the first time in nearly 16 years that three people are put to death on the same day in the United States. Continue reading