Outgoing prison chief in Christa Pike case oversaw five ‘botched’ executions, lawyers say

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Right · Published: Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:00:56 GMT

Frank Strada will leave role next month after uproar over execution attempt, which sent Pike to hospital in critical conditionTennessee’s prison chief is resigning after the failed execution of Christa Pike, which lawyers say was the fifth “botched” execution under his leadership across two states since 2022.Frank Strada, the commissioner of the Tennessee department of correction, has faced mounting questions about the state’s highly secretive death penalty protocols since Wednesday evening when Pike became the first death row prisoner in the US to to be injected with lethal drugs and survive. Continue reading...

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Center: Christa Pike was on ventilator, unconscious after botched lethal injection, lawyers say — www.washingtonpost.com
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