Christa Pike

Christa Pike

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. J Miles Cary/Knoxville News Sentinel/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS

Christa Pike case: Failed execution puts death penalty under scrutiny

A prison sentence can be overturned and an innocent person released. An execution cannot be reversed.

UN rights chief urges Tennessee to halt further execution attempts against Christa Pike after a botched lethal injection. Photo: Collected

UN rights chief calls for no further execution attempts against Christa Pike

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. J Miles Cary/Knoxville News Sentinel/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS

Christa Pike remains critically ill after failed Tennessee execution

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. J. Miles Cary/ Knoxville News Sentinel/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS

Tennessee prison chief resigns after failed execution

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. J Miles Cary/Knoxville News Sentinel/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS

Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike unconscious on ventilator, lawyers say

Christa Pike is pictured in 2002. Photo: AP

Pike's lawyers say Tennessee ignored medical warnings before botched execution

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. J. Miles Cary/ Knoxville News Sentinel/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS

Christa Pike in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections

Christa Pike stands in prison in 1998.

Christa Pike case: What happened inside the execution chamber?

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. Photo: J. Miles Cary/ Knoxville News Sentinel/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS

Legal analyst explains what could happen next after Christa Pike execution pause

People gather outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, US, June 29, 2024. Reuters

US Supreme Court sides with Tennessee to allow its first execution of a woman in 200 years

Christa Pike is pictured in 2002. Photo: AP

Tennessee to execute woman for first time in more than 200 years after governor denies clemency