https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/botched-execution/ The latest Flip News stories on botched-execution. en-GB Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:23:23 GMT https://flipnews.co.uk/world/christa-pike-ventilator-unconscious-court-filing/ https://flipnews.co.uk/world/christa-pike-ventilator-unconscious-court-filing/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT An emergency court filing on Friday revealed Christa Pike is unconscious, intubated and on a ventilator with both arms swollen, burned and blistered two days after Tennessee's failed lethal injection, as her lawyers called the state's actions 'reckless' and sought commutation of her sentence. Sarah Whitfield christa-pike tennessee death-penalty botched-execution capital-punishment The Tennessean https://flipnews.co.uk/world/tennessee-prisons-chief-strada-resigns/ https://flipnews.co.uk/world/tennessee-prisons-chief-strada-resigns/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced that corrections commissioner Frank Strada has offered his resignation and will step down this month, days after Christa Pike survived two rounds of lethal injection. Sarah Whitfield christa-pike tennessee death-penalty botched-execution capital-punishment The Tennessean https://flipnews.co.uk/world/christa-pike-critical-condition-commutation-call/ https://flipnews.co.uk/world/christa-pike-critical-condition-commutation-call/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Christa Pike remains in critical condition at a Nashville hospital more than 28 hours after surviving two doses of lethal-injection drugs; her lawyers call it "chemical torture" and demand Governor Bill Lee commute her sentence immediately. Sarah Whitfield christa-pike tennessee death-penalty botched-execution capital-punishment Reuters