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Christa Pike is back in prison after a botched execution attempt. And now, reports are rife that she was not given emergency care for 30 minutes despite the failed injections. According to the report, the first call about Christa Pike came…
The 911 recordings show that precious minutes elapsed as officials and responders tried to figure out whether a request for emergency help after Christa Pike's botched execution was legitimate. The recordings show that precious minutes elapsed as officials and responders tried…
Emergency help for Christa Pike was delayed by confusion among first responders and Tennessee prison officials following her failed execution last month, according to 911 dispatch recordings reviewed by The Associated Press. The recordings show that precious minutes elapsed as officials…
Authorities released the transcript of the 911 call made from Riverbend Maximum Security Institution that night Pike botched execution 911 transcript More SD students and athletes coming from neighboring states Big trucks, bigger safety gaps? New crash tests raise concerns Hot Springs…
KCRG 911 call transcription, emergency calls from botched Christa Pike execution released Lake City police say leads are limited in shooting of 2-year-old: ‘Need the community’s help’ Man facing multiple charges after car, foot chase in Dillon 1 injured after porch collapse…
Kentucky is on the same road. Last spring, the General Assembly overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto to pass Senate Bill 251, which lets the Department of Corrections set execution procedures by internal memo instead of through public rulemaking, all to restart…
The road to Christa Pike's botched execution was paved with determination. Dating back more than 20 years, government officials in Tennessee have been dogged in their efforts to carry out lethal injections despite serious concerns about their ability to do so…
Attorneys for the woman who survived Tennessee's attempt to execute her spoke about her health and the future of her case. Christa Pike is awake and talking while receiving treatment at a hospital after surviving an attempted execution last week…
"Capital punishment presents moral questions that philosophers, theologians, and statesmen have grappled with for millennia," wrote Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in a 2015 concurring opinion, so the Constitution's Framers "handled it the same way they handled many other controversial issues:…