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Tennessee prison commissioner resigns after Christa Pike's botched execution
Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada resigned, days after Christa Pike survived lethal injection.
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Nashville Tennessean
How much does gender matter in the Christa Pike case? | Opinion
Tennessee failed to execute Christa Pike. The state now faces global scrutiny over its lethal injection process.
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Nashville Tennessean
How studying Tennessee's past can inform our future
A childhood history research project brought The Tennessean's politics reporter to the Capitol complex for the first time.
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Nashville Tennessean
TN GOP leaders support electric chair, new execution drugs
Tennessee Republicans are calling for new execution methods after the failed execution of Christa Pike. Independents and Democrats are calling for oversight.
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Nashville Tennessean
Frank Strada resigns as TN corrections chief after 2 failed executions
Appointed to repair Tennessee's troubled execution system, Frank Strada leaves after two failed executions in 2026.
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AP News
Governor says Tennessee's prisons chief is resigning after failed execution of Christa Pike
The head of Tennessee’s prison system is resigning after the failed execution of Christa Pike
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Nashville Tennessean
Jack Williams ranks TSSAA football top individual, team performances from Week 7
Who had the best TSSAA football performances from the Nashville area in Week 7? Jack Williams ranks the top 5 individual and team.
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Nashville Tennessean
Christa Pike unconscious, burned and intubated, new court filing shows
Christa Pike survived after the Tennessee Department of Correction attempted to execute her on Sept. 30 using pentobarbital.
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Nashville Tennessean
More 'No Kings' protests planned in Tennessee ahead of midterm elections. See new locations
According to organizers, the October demonstrations will focus on voting rights, voter participation and voter turnout ahead of Election Day.
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Nashville Tennessean
Court hearing leaves state's Memphis school takeover board in limbo
A board tasked with taking control of Memphis-Shelby County Schools is on hold after a first hearing in a challenge of the board's constitutionality.
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USA Today
'Bullets to syringes': Christian leaders outraged over Christa Pike horrors
They say the botched execution reveals the practice's moral contradictions and obligates faith leaders to stress church teachings about human life.
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Nashville Tennessean
Protesters target new Live Nation venue with 'illegal monopoly' messages
Before Miranda Lambert took the stage for the opening night at The Truth, protesters projected messages calling Live Nation an "illegal monopoly."
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