The Latest Breaking News from Death Penalty

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

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 Independent UK · 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…

The Economic Times · 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.

The Times of India · 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…

France 24 · 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 Times of India · Oct 1