Tadaryl Shipp
- Oct 9
Released 911 calls show confusion and delay after Christa Pike's failed lethal injection in Tennessee
Recordings obtained by the Associated Press show emergency crews waited about half an hour before prison officials confirmed the call was real and let them through the gates.
- Oct 5
Christa Pike walks with help and eats after surviving Tennessee's failed lethal injection
Christa Pike, 50, has begun walking with assistance and eating at a hospital, her lawyers said Thursday, a week after two doses of pentobarbital failed to kill her. Her attorneys warn that uncertainty remains about her physical recovery and her legal standing.
- 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.
