Christa Pike remains in the hospital after a rare, failed execution attempt in Tennessee. Her lawyers report she is now walking but recovering from the ordeal.
Christa Pike remains in the hospital after surviving a rare failed execution attempt in Tennessee. The state has paused all future executions while officials investigate the incident.
Tennessee prison officials failed to execute a death row inmate this week. The state has now paused all future executions during an independent review.
As lethal injection faces logistical and ethical hurdles, some experts are calling for a return to the firing squad as a reliable alternative for executions.
Tennessee, Alabama, and Oklahoma are set to perform executions on the same day, marking the first triple-execution event in the United States since 2010.