Tennessee officials were unable to put Christa Gail Pike to death Wednesday for a 1995 murder after administering two doses of a lethal drug. Media witnesses observing from a separate room shared what they saw during the failed attempt.
October 01, 2026Christa Pike was scheduled to be executed
October 02, 2026Attorneys for Christa Pike say the death row inmate is still alive but in critical condition a day after the state's failed attempt to execute her for the 1995 murder of a woman
October 01, 2026Christa Pike was critically ill and receiving "life-saving medical care" in a Nashville hospital on Thursday hours after she survived two attempts by Tennessee to
October 01, 2026Christa Pike survived her execution. What happened?
October 01, 2026Christa Pike, convicted of murdering a schoolmate three decades ago, survived Tennessee's effort to execute
September 30, 2026Death penalty phase of trial begins for man who admitted killing wife, her 2 daughters
September 30, 2026A Virginia man’s murder conviction has been vacated, freeing him after 25 years in prison, including over a decade on death row
September 30, 2026One of the youngest women sent to death row is set to be executed in Tennessee
September 29, 2026A majority of Supreme Court justices follow originalism, the mode of constitutional interpretation championed by late Justice Antonin Scalia. A former Scalia law clerk explains what originalism means.
September 28, 2026Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty in the upcoming trial against a 71-year-old Utah man who spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing that he says he didn’t commit
September 25, 2026Alabama has executed a man with lethal injection for a 1998 double murder at a pawnshop
September 17, 2026Prosecutors said on Tuesday they have ruled out seeking the death penalty in the murder case against Nick Reiner, accused of fatally
September 15, 2026Prosecutors say Nick Reiner, son of filmmaker Rob Reiner, will not face the death penalty over charges he killed his parents in Los Angeles last year
September 15, 2026Nick Reiner will not face death penalty in killings of his parents, prosecutor says
September 15, 2026A Florida man convicted in one of a series of suspected 1990s killings that became known as the “Hog Trail Murders” has been executed, becoming the state’s 15th person executed this year
September 10, 2026Here’s what unfolded in court before Charlie Kirk’s accused killer pleaded not guilty — and what comes next
September 02, 2026The murder case against the Utah man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk is headed for trial
September 01, 2026Case against suspect in Charlie Kirk’s killing can proceed to trial, judge rules
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