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Trump Suggests Expanding Capital Punishment Days After Botched Execution Attempt In Tennessee.

The president suggested that certain major crimes, such as the murder of a law enforcement officer, could become punishable by death.

International Business Times · Oct 3

Outgoing prison chief in Christa Pike case oversaw five ‘botched’ executions, lawyers say

Frank Strada will leave role next month after uproar over execution attempt, which sent Pike to hospital in critical condition

The Guardian - US · Oct 3

What do Britain’s death-penalty cheerleaders have to say about Christa Pike?

Her harrowing botched execution is a reminder of why we must not even entertain the idea of restoring capital punishment, says Maya Foa, CEO of the human rights charity Reprieve

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3

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Two failed executions in Tennessee have left experts questioning the death penalty

Tennessee is facing criticism after the failed execution of Christa Pike

The Independent UK · Oct 2

Would a Firing Squad Have Been More 'Humane' for Christa Pike?

Lethal injection dresses up the death penalty as something clinical and civilized. But the goal is the same: to kill someone.

Reason · Oct 2

Calls grow for US death penalty halt after ‘torturous’ botched execution of Christa Pike

Pike alive but in critical condition as experts call ordeal that unfolded in Tennessee ‘unimaginably barbaric’

The Guardian - US · Oct 2

Algerian lawmakers pass a bill restoring the death penalty for arson

Algerian lawmakers have passed a bill reintroducing the death penalty for arson after deadly wildfires this summer

The Independent UK · Oct 2

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Christa Pike in critical condition after Tennessee botched execution, lawyer says

Pike was 18 when she and her boyfriend beat and killed Colleen Slemmer, 19, at a job training camp for young people.

Euronews · Oct 2

Christa Pike’s botched execution makes a powerful case against the death penalty

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The 50-year-old who killed her classmate, spent three decades on Death Row before surviving two supposedly lethal injections is a reminder of the practical limitations, as well as the inhumanity, of capital punishment

The Independent UK · Oct 2

Christa Pike’s botched execution exposes the deep contradictions of a ‘painless’ state-imposed death

A US woman sentenced to death is now receiving life-saving medical treatment, after surviving a botched execution in Nashville that involved two doses of the drug pentobarbital.

The Conversation · Oct 2

Many states have backup execution plans, but failures still happen

Most states have backup plans in case the first attempt at executing someone is unsuccessful

The Independent UK · Oct 2

The Guardian view on the death penalty: Christa Pike’s execution was botched, but cruelty is inherent

Editorial: Three-quarters of nations have rightly abolished capital punishment in law or practice, but killing by the state has surged in the US

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1

The drug used in Tennessee's failed execution has come under past scrutiny

The lethal drug administered in Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute Christa Pike has been used in multiple states that carry out the death penalty

The Independent UK · Oct 1

Governor halts all executions after Christa Pike’s botched lethal injection attempts in Tennessee

Christa Pike would have been the 30th person executed in the U.S. this year after Florida carried out an execution on Tuesday

The Independent UK · Oct 1

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The Independent UK · Oct 1

What could happen to Christa Pike now after death row killer survives two lethal injections

Convicted murderer survives botched execution in Tennessee, sparking questions about how the state and her legal team plan to proceed with her case

The Independent UK · Oct 1

Christa Pike's failed execution reignites debate over death penalty

The convicted murderer was rushed to hospital after being heard snoring inside the execution chamber

The Economic Times · Oct 1

Christa Pike survived two lethal injection doses: Will the death penalty be postponed or will Tennessee try again soon?

Christa Pike was convicted of killing 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville in 1995. Pike was 18 at the time. Prosecutors said Slemmer was taken to a wooded area, where she was tortured and killed.

The Economic Times · Oct 1

2008 Ahmedabad bomb blasts: SC stays execution of death penalty of Indian Mujahideen operative

The Supreme Court stayed the death penatly of an Indian Mujahideen operative in connection with the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts that killed 56 people. The top court called for the trial court records in the case. The High Court had earlier upheld the death sentence after highlighting the scale…

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The Times of India · Oct 1

First Tennessee woman set for execution in 200 years survives 2 lethal injections

Tennessee officials were unable to execute Christa Gail Pike on Wednesday after administering two doses of the lethal injection drug, in what a death penalty expert described as an unprecedented failure. Pike remained alive after the attempted execution and was taken by ambulance to a hospital, her attorneys said.

France 24 · Oct 1

Convicted killer Christa Pike in ‘critical condition’ after two lethal injections fail to kill her

Christa Pike, who has been on death row in Tennessee for more than 30 years for torturing and murdering a classmate, was on Wednesday set to be executed, but the lethal injections meant to kill her failed. Pike was then transported to a medical facility, where her attorney says she…

The Times of India · Oct 1

Hasina: Restore democratic rights, rule of law in Bangladesh

TOI Correspondent from Dhaka: Expressing concern over what she described as a renewed threat from militancy and violent extremism, former prime minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, who is facing the death penalty at home, has called for the restoration of democratic rights, political participation and the rule of…

The Economic Times · Sep 30

Christa Gail Pike death penalty: US Supreme Court allows Tennessee execution to go forward overturning a last-minute stay. Why was it halted? Details here

Christa Gail Pike does not deny committing the killing, but her supporters argue the state should consider Pike’s age at the time, mental illness and a history of severe sexual abuse that included being raped from the time she was a toddler.

The Texas Tribune · Sep 29

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals 2026 election: Who is running and what to know

The criminal court decides death penalty case appeals and rules on petitions for those who believe they’ve been wrongfully detained. Here are the candidates for the 2026 race.

The Independent UK · Sep 29

How executions have risen under Trump despite wave of states abolishing death penalty

Capital punishment carried out 47 times in 2025 and 28 times so far this year, a trend that comes despite 11 states abolishing the practice over the last two decades

The Times of India · Sep 29

Who is Christa Pike? Woman set for Tennessee's first female execution in 200 years

Christa Pike was 18 when she killed her classmate in a jealous rage and became one of the youngest women sentenced to death in the US.

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