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Christa Pike holding a Tennessee Department of Correction identification board.

America October 8, 2026

Christa Pike Survived. Can Tennessee Execute Her Again?

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after surviving Tennessee’s Sept. 30 execution attempt, her attorneys said Oct.…

By Michallie Harrison

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America October 3, 2026

Tennessee Prison Chief Resigns After Christa Pike Survives Failed Execution

What the Failed Execution Changes Frank Strada will step down this month while Tennessee conducts an independent review into what…

By Samuel Lopez

Lisa Montgomery mug shot

U.S. News January 14, 2021

Womb to Tomb: US Executes Lisa Montgomery, First Female in 67 Years

Kansas native, Lisa Montgomery, 52, was executed early Wednesday morning and pronounced dead at 1:31 a.m. after receiving a lethal…

By Jennifer Garcia

death penalty

America July 18, 2020

Federal government exercises death penalty after 17-year halt

After a 17-year halt on federal executions, death row claimed three lives this week. Because each state has it’s own…

By Lillian Abbatacola

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