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'Accidents happen': What Supreme Court has said about survivors of botched executions

Christa Pike's situation has similarities to a 1947 Supreme Court case.

How a botched execution and proposed livestream of a firing squad fit in to the US’ death penalty history

Two death penality cases in the US have shocked the world: one for being botched and the other for possibly being made public.
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Emergency help for Christa Pike was delayed over confusion after botched execution, 911 calls reveal

Emergency help for Christa Pike was delayed by confusion among first responders and Tennessee prison officials following her failed lethal injection last month, according to 911 dispatch recordings released Monday. The recordings, first obtained by The ...

Drugs in jars, bags of cash: Tennessee ignored warnings from Arizona's botched executions

Christa Pike's botched execution in Tennessee was not the first to go wrong on Frank Strada's watch. Before he took charge of Tennessee's prisons, Strada oversaw three botched executions in Arizona.

A botched execution and plans for one in public show the US is conflicted about capital punishment

Americans have long been divided over the death penalty, with nearly half of states banning capital punishment outright and just a handful of others carrying out most of the nation’s executions each year.

Are Firing Squad Executions Seeing a Revival in the U.S.?

Supply-chain issues and a series of botched executions involving lethal injection are causing officials to weigh alternative options for carrying out the death penalty.

Christa Pike is 'speaking limitedly' as legal team fights for access

Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike appeared in court on Oct. 7 as they seek to preserve evidence from her botched execution.