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Tennessee Prison Chief Resigns Following Failed Execution of Christa Pike

Tennessee Prison Chief Resigns Following Failed Execution of Christa Pike

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THE BRIEF
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Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada resigned following the botched execution of death row inmate Christa Pike.

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Governor Bill Lee ordered an independent review into the incident and halted all state executions for the remainder of the year.

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Pike survived two lethal pentobarbital injections on Wednesday and remains unconscious and on a ventilator in critical condition at a hospital.