Colleen Slemmer
- 4h ago
Texas executes Jamal Howard with pentobarbital after failed Tennessee execution of Christa Pike
Texas prison authorities put 46-year-old Jamal Howard to death on Wednesday evening, nineteen minutes after administering pentobarbital at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.
- 3d ago
Judge orders evidence preserved after Christa Pike survives lethal injection in Tennessee
Following the failed lethal injection of Christa Pike on 30 September, a Nashville judge ordered state officials to preserve all execution records and drug vials while defense lawyers seek clemency.
- Sep 30
Christa Pike remains in coma after surviving botched Tennessee lethal injection
Death row inmate Christa Pike remains unconscious on a ventilator four days after surviving 10 grams of pentobarbital during a botched execution in Tennessee.
- Sep 28
Federal appeals court halts Christa Pike execution in Tennessee one hour before scheduled injection
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an emergency stay on 30 September 2026 to review claims of childhood abuse, delaying what would have been Tennessee's first execution of a woman in two centuries.
