The head of Tennessee's prison system is resigning, Gov. Bill Lee announced Saturday, the first major staff shake-up since ...

Tennessee’s embattled prison chief, Frank Strada, said he will step down after overseeing the botched execution of Christa ...

Christa Pike, a Tennessee death row inmate, survived a botched execution attempt that raised complex legal issues regarding a ...

A failed execution in Tennessee is raising legal and constitutional questions after death row inmate Christa Pike remained ...

Christa Pike’s failed execution followed other death penalty miscues in Tennessee, which performs just a fraction of the ...

Pike survived Tennessee's failed execution attempt. Legal experts say the state may still be able to seek another execution date.

AUSTIN SARAT, in an article first published on The Conversation, writes that things "frequently go wrong in executions" in ...

There are incidents in contemporary American society so barbaric that they shock the sensibilities of anyone who stands for ...

The constitutional prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment has shaped legal discourse around failed executions, but ...

A failed execution is prompting scrutiny of lethal injection procedures and raising questions about how states, including Utah, would respond if an execution does not go as planned.

The failed execution of Christa Pike has raised numerous questions about Tennessee’s death sentence procedures and sparked ...

Tennessee halted Christa Pike's execution after two lethal-injection attempts failed. The state suspended 2026 executions and ...