Nearly a month after the state of Tennessee failed to execute Christa Pike, her legal team says the death row inmate is ...

Christa Pike became the first death row inmate to survive a lethal injection, but she was merely the latest in a long, gruesome history of botched executions — from a cop-killer’s head bursting into ...

Experts say death penalty via lethal injection is not as humane as people are led to believe. Lethal injection has a botch rate that is double of all other methods. Christa Pike's lawyers have moved ...

Forty-two percent of registered voters would rather see survivors of a botched execution serve life in prison than attempt a second execution, according to a new poll. The updated count for those who ...

A corrections commissioner who oversaw multiple botched executions in AZ was hired by Tennessee's governor to manage lethal injections there.

Christa Pike’s failed execution is the latest in a long list of cases involving failed equipment, misplaced IV lines, and delayed deaths.

Experts say methods such as lethal injection promise a more humane form of execution but are frequently marred by mishap ...

A botched execution in Tennessee is drawing renewed attention to lethal injection procedures across the country, including in ...

Christa Pike is in critical condition after an execution attempt on Wednesday.

Death row inmate Christa Pike was still fighting for life in a Tennessee hospital when the US federal government announced its plans. Just days after state officials botched the 50-year-old's ...

Christa Pike: Tennessee Governor Halts Executions After Botched Attempt ...

“Botched” is a perfectly fine word for golf, cooking or home repair. It seems inadequate for the taking of a life, even the life of Christa Pike, a heinous murderer. In 1996, a jury found Pike guilty ...