Death Penalty Information Center Executive Director Robin Maher urged Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to commute Christa Pike's ...

Tennessee’s attempted, but botched, execution of Christa Pike was an extreme display of cruelty and the latest reminder that ...

The modern death penalty in the United States emerged from court cases involving Georgia. Capital punishment should end ...

Christa Pike has spent nearly three decades on Tennessee’s death row — and on September 30, 2026, she came within an hour of ...

Ashley Flynn, a 37-year-old schoolteacher and volleyball coach, was fatally shot at the couple’s home in Tipp City, Ohio, in ...

California has 564 inmates under death sentences — and gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra is weighing in on the state’s ...

Following the botched execution of Christa Pike, the Catholic and Episcopal Bishops of Tennessee call for the US state’s ...

One of Christa Pike’s lawyers called on Tennessee’s governor to immediately commute her death sentence, sharing that she’s in ...

Christa Pike remained alive after Tennessee tried to put her to death by lethal injection, making her the only inmate to have ...

By Steve Gorman Sept 30 (Reuters) - Death row inmate Christa Pike, convicted of murdering a schoolmate three decades ago, is ...

Christa Pike, 50, has suffered the worst botched execution in modern history after she survived two doses of lethal injection ...

Tennessee officials haven't yet explained what went wrong during the failed execution of Christa Pike, which was called off after she was given two doses of the drug meant to kill her ...