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Nashville court rules state must preserve all records from botched Tennessee execution
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (1031+ words) A Davidson County Chancery judge ordered Tennessee officials on Wednesday to preserve all evidence related to the botched execution of Christa Pike. Chancellor I'Ashea Myles ruled that the Tennessee Department of Correction must "preserve all evidence" related to the failed…...
Should Tennessee judges be allowed to deny bail? Here’s what to know before you vote on it.
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (462+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - This November, Tennesseans will vote on whether to change the state constitution to allow judges to deny bail for people charged with violent crimes. Amendment 1 would allow judges to hold people charged with certain, mainly violent, crimes…...
Judge orders Tennessee to preserve evidence in failed execution
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (64+ words) Lawyers for Christa Pike, the woman who survived an execution in Tennessee, were in court Wednesday as she regained consciousness. Judge orders Tennessee to preserve evidence in failed execution Lawyers for Christa Pike, the woman who survived an execution in…...
Knoxville Woman Arrested for Felony Forgery After Allegedly Trying to Use Counterfeit Money
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (236+ words) KNIA - KRLS Knoxville Woman Arrested for Felony Forgery After Allegedly Trying to Use Counterfeit Money A Knoxville woman has been arrested on a felony forgery charge after allegedly attempting to use fake money. According to court records, on October 4th at…...
Man added to TBI Most Wanted List after fatal stabbing in Knoxville
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (476+ words) The Knoxville Police Department is looking for a man who is suspected of fatally stabbing someone Sunday morning. Locked in a cat-and-mouse struggle, biology professor Timothy Paustian devised novel ways to catch students turning in chatbot-generated assignments.In one assignment…...
Strada out; questions remain for Tennessee's execution protocol
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (672+ words) (The Center Square) – The resignation of Department of Corrections Commissioner Frank Strada and an investigation into the failed execution of Christa Pike may not answer all the questions about why the state has not carried out two executions this year,…...
Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike unconscious on ventilator, lawyers say
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (579+ words) NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Convicted killer Christa Pike was left gravely ill, unconscious and hospitalized on life support after Tennessee's failed attempt to execute her by lethal injection, her lawyers said on Friday, providing the first detailed account of the…...
Attorney: Botched Tennessee execution should ‘force reckoning’ in Florida
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (851+ words) Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant Thursday, scheduling James Robertson's execution for Oct. 13, the same day his administration plans to execute William Lee Thompson. They would be the 17th and 18th executions this year and the second time this year that…...
Pike's lawyers say Tennessee ignored medical warnings before botched execution
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (452+ words) Friday October 02, 2026 Christa Pike, a Tennessee woman sentenced to death for a murder committed when she was a teenager, remains alive after the state's botched attempt to execute her by lethal injection, her lawyers said on Thursday (1 October). Questions over…...
Tennessee Gov Halts Executions After Inmate Survives Lethal Injection Attempt
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (1190+ words) When the free press comes under fire, HuffPost doesn't back down. Stand with independent journalism — become a member today. Christa Gail Pike, 50, was taken by ambulance from the prison, her attorneys said. Pike, 50, was alive and loudly snoring after the…...