Tennessee’s unsuccessful attempt to end the life of Christa Pike with a lethal injection is spurring debate over capital punishment techniques, and whether the death penalty should exist at all.

Christa Pike survived two lethal injection doses and has been in hospital since last week.

The failed execution by lethal injection of Christa Pike has physicians speaking out about the brutality of death by pentobarbital.

It’s the most error-prone method of execution and has gone wrong several times this year. Christa Pike’s case was the latest.

Two lethal injections failed to kill convicted murderer Christa Pike. No other method of execution fails more often than lethal injection. This is not solely due to the drug itself.

Gov. Bill Lee halted executions in Tennessee for the remainder of 2026 after two botched attempts this year.

Oklahoma’s use of a three-drug lethal injection method is constitutional, a federal judge ruled Monday following a lawsuit from nearly 30 people on death row challenging the protocol. The suit, brought on behalf of 28 death row prisoners, named officials ...