Leaked photo supports claims of burst vein in Christa Pike execution

Leaked photo supports claims of burst vein in Christa Pike execution

Christa Pike survived two lethal injection attempts at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, leaving the 50-year-old death row inmate critically ill on a ventilator in a heavily guarded hospital room. The botched September 30 execution — the second failed lethal injection attempt in Tennessee this year — prompted prison chief Frank Strada’s resignation and … Read more