Several new details about Tennessee’s recent executions came to light this week, including the price of the drugs and issues with executions leading up to Christa Pike’s catastrophic failed one.
After Christa Pike’s failed execution, some Americans think Tennessee should try again
A new poll shows one-third of Americans support a second execution attempt.
911 recordings show why ambulance was delayed after Pike’s failed execution
After the second round of lethal drugs failed to kill Christa Pike, she lay on a gurney for an hour an a half before an ambulance took her to a hospital. Newly released recordings from Nashville’s emergency dispatch reveal why.
Attorneys, doctors, nurses and lawmakers asked for a death penalty moratorium before Pike’s failed execution
In the year and a half leading up to Christa Pike’s failed execution, warnings about the state’s lethal injection protocol and its weaknesses piled up.
Tennessee again taps former U.S. Attorney to review execution protocol
Gov. Bill Lee is again tapping former U.S. Attorney Ed Stanton to lead an investigation into Tennessee’s execution protocols.
Tennessee correction commissioner steps down after failed execution
The architect of Tennessee’s new lethal injection protocols is stepping down as leader of the Department of Correction after a second failed execution this year.
Gov. Lee halts execution, orders third-party review following Pike’s failed lethal injection
Tennessee’s governor is ordering a comprehensive review of Tennessee’s second botched execution this year.
Special Master declines intervention in Christa Pike execution
After several days of hearings, the Tennessee Supreme Court’s investigator issued a report saying death row inmate Christa Pike failed to convince him the state’s execution process would violate her constitutional rights.
Tennessee executes Anthony Darrell Hines
Tennessee executed Anthony “Darrell” Hines on Thursday morning. He was convicted of murder for the 1985 killing of Catherine Jean Jenkins.
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