What changed in this update
Frank Strada said in a statement that stepping aside "is in the best interests" of the state as an independent review is carried out to determine why Pike's execution failed Wednesday.
Event intelligence
Botched execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee
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Current state
Christa Pike remains unconscious and critically ill on a ventilator more than a week after Tennessee's failed execution attempt, with doctors still trying to clear two lethal doses of pentobarbital from her body and her prognosis unclear. Governor Bill Lee has halted the state's remaining executions for the year and ordered an independent review, Corrections Commissioner Frank Strada has resigned, and Pike's attorneys have renewed their push for her death sentence to be commuted.
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What changed
Christa Pike's attorneys renewed their push for Tennessee to commute her death sentence after the botched execution.
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NYTimes – US NYT
Tennessee Prison Commissioner Resigns Days After Failed Execution
PBS
Governor says Tennessee's prisons chief is resigning after failed execution of Christa Pike
Frank Strada said in a statement that stepping aside "is in the best interests" of the state as an independent review is carried out to determine why Pike's execution failed Wednesday.
NYTimes – US NYT
Tennessee Prison Chief Was Hired Despite a Trail of Troubled Executions
The failed execution of Christa Pike has prompted new scrutiny of Frank Strada, who resigned as the state’s top prison official on Saturday, and his past role overseeing executions in Arizona.
