Tennessee officials were unable to put Christa Gail Pike to death Wednesday for a 1995 murder after administering two doses of a lethal drug. Media witnesses observing from a separate room shared what they saw during the failed attempt.
October 01, 2026Christa Pike was scheduled to be executed
October 02, 2026Attorneys for Christa Pike say the death row inmate is still alive but in critical condition a day after the state's failed attempt to execute her for the 1995 murder of a woman
October 01, 2026The constitutional prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment has shaped legal discourse around failed executions, but courts have not stopped states from attempting to execute the same person again.
October 02, 2026Christa Pike was critically ill and receiving "life-saving medical care" in a Nashville hospital on Thursday hours after she survived two attempts by Tennessee to
October 01, 2026Christa Pike survived her execution. What happened?
October 01, 2026Christa Pike, convicted of murdering a schoolmate three decades ago, survived Tennessee's effort to execute
September 30, 2026One of the youngest women sent to death row is set to be executed in Tennessee
September 29, 2026A man convicted of fatally shooting three people during a robbery attempt at a rural Texas home has been put to death, one week after the execution of the other man convicted in the crime
September 23, 2026Alabama has executed a man with lethal injection for a 1998 double murder at a pawnshop
September 17, 2026A man convicted of killing a 16-year-old girl who rejected his romantic advances and wounding two of her friends has been executed in Florida
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