Tennessee

Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike released from hospital, returned to prison

Pike, 50, had been taken from the execution chamber to a Nashville hospital, unconscious and ‌with severe arm injuries after two injections failed to kill her at a maximum-security prison.

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Christa Gail Pike, 36, the only woman on Tennessee's Death Row, is pictured in this 2007 Tennessee Department of Correction booking photograph obtained by Reuters March 22, 2012.
A picture taken on December 4, 2007 shows death row inmate Christa Pike entering a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, US., obtained by Reuters on September 30, 2026.

After botched execution attempt, death row inmate Christa Pike awakes 'angry and confused'

She is the first person known to have survived a "completed execution attempt" in the US, her lawyers say, calling it a violation of the Constitution's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments.

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A picture taken on December 4, 2007 shows death row inmate Christa Pike entering a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, US., obtained by Reuters on September 30, 2026.

Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike is conscious and speaking, lawyers say

Chsita Pike, 50, survived an execution attempt by lethal injection on September 30 and has been hospitalized since.

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A picture taken on December 4, 2007 shows death row inmate Christa Pike entering a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, US., obtained by Reuters on September 30, 2026.

Tennessee prison chief resigns after second failed execution this year

Department of Correction commissioner Frank Strada said that although he believes his agency followed proper execution protocol, "stepping aside is in the best interest of Tennesseans."

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Tennessee assembly advancing bills against antisemitism

The state legislature aims to greater define what constitutes antisemitism so as to help determine whether an investigation by state authorities needs to be conducted.

FEBRUARY 16, 2020ByJEREMY SHARON
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Sunrise, Florida, U.S., November 26, 2019

Tennessee finds judge not antisemitic despite social media post

The judge linked on social media to articles saying the Jews should “get the f*** over the Holocaust."

NOVEMBER 22, 2019ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
Jim Lammey of the Shelby County Criminal Court.

Antisemitic graffiti at University of Tennessee blames Jews for 9/11

"Jews did 9-11. Google: Dancing Israelis" read the graffiti on The Rock, a massive stone on the UTK campus on which individuals or groups often paint opinions or congratulations.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019ByTZVI JOFFRE
University of Tennessee Knoxville - The Hill