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What should Tennessee do after two failed executions? Tell us | Opinion

What should Tennessee do after two failed executions? Tell us | Opinion

Christa Pike's failed execution led to a resignation and a pause in executions for the rest of 2026. How should the state proceed? Take our poll.
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Tenn. deserves better than cruelty disguised as leadership | Opinion

Tenn. deserves better than cruelty disguised as leadership | Opinion

Tennessee politicians want the electric chair and firing squads back after a recent botched execution attempt.
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Tennessee Republicans consider more execution options after Christa Pike lethal injection fails

Tennessee Republicans consider more execution options after Christa Pike lethal injection fails

Tennessee's top Republicans are exploring alternative execution methods after the failed execution of Christa Pike
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How Tennesseans are to blame for Christa Pike's failed murder | Opinion

How Tennesseans are to blame for Christa Pike's failed murder | Opinion

The botched executions of Christa Pike and Tony Carruthers show that there is no humane way to take a life. Death penalty supporters should know that.
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Will Tennessee try to execute Christa Pike again? They might.

Will Tennessee try to execute Christa Pike again? They might.

So far, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has not responded to repeated calls from Pike's attorneys and death penalty observers to commute her sentence from the death penalty to life in prison.
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Before Christa Pike, Tennessee prisons chief faced scrutiny in Arizona

Before Christa Pike, Tennessee prisons chief faced scrutiny in Arizona

The Tennessee prisons official who oversaw the failed execution of Christa Pike Sept. 30 has been criticized over his track record in Arizona.
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Christa Pike is awake after failed execution as her attorneys seek more information

Christa Pike is awake after failed execution as her attorneys seek more information

Christa Pike, a death row inmate in Tennessee, is awake and speaking after surviving a failed execution attempt
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Christa Pike's lawyers to appear in court after failed execution: Updates

Christa Pike's lawyers to appear in court after failed execution: Updates

Attorneys for Christa Pike are in court, fighting for the preservation of relevant evidence from her failed execution attempt on Sept. 30.
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Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike is conscious and speaking, lawyers say

Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike is conscious and speaking, lawyers say

By Steve Gorman Oct 6 (Reuters) - Convicted killer Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee's effort to execute her by lethal injection last week, foiling the state's first attempt to put a woman to death in two centuries, has regained consciousness and is speaking, her lawyers said in a statement on
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Texas set to carry out 1st execution in nation since Christa Pike botch

Texas set to carry out 1st execution in nation since Christa Pike botch

If Texas executes Jamaal Howard as planned on Wednesday, it will be the first lethal injection in the U.S. since Tennessee botched Christa Pike's a week ago.
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Maybe Tennessee doesn't need a better way to execute people | Opinion

Maybe Tennessee doesn't need a better way to execute people | Opinion

A death row chaplain reflects on how murder and the death penalty impacted his family, arguing that Tennessee should stop its cycle of executions.
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Tennessee can have justice without the death penalty | Opinion

Tennessee can have justice without the death penalty | Opinion

Tennessee should end the death penalty because life in prison protects society without irreversible state power.