PoliticsTennessee Prison Chief Resigns After Botched Execution of Christa Pike
Frank Strada, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Correction, resigned following a failed execution attempt of death row inmate Christa Pike. Pike survived two lethal injections but remains in critical condition on a ventilator. The incident at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution led to a statewide pause on executions and an independent inquiry into execution procedures. Faulty IV lines caused the drugs to enter Pike's tissues, not her bloodstream.
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