Tennessee
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Dolly Parton nephew calls for time after estate grants restraining order against him
A rift in the country music legend's circle spilled into public view weeks after her death
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Mormon leader decries explosion in sports gambling, prediction markets
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Tennessee’s top prison official resigning after botched execution of Christa Pike
Frank Strada leaving position as state launches independent investigation into what went wrong
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Tennessee prison chief to resign after Christa Pike's failed execution
Pike's lawyers said the failure "goes far beyond any one person". Pike is in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections.
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Dolly Parton nephew calls for time after estate grants restraining order against him
A rift in the country music legend's circle spilled into public view weeks after her death
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Prison chief to resign after shock botched execution of Christa Pike
Doctors were working to save Pike's life and clear the drug pentobarbital from her system
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Christa Pike donated her last meal before botched execution to homeless
Christa Pike’s defense team warned a judge that a lethal injection was a bad idea due to her small veins and blood disorder
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Prison chief in Christa Pike case oversaw five ‘botched’ executions, lawyers say
Frank Strada facing mounting questions after Pike survives injection with lethal drugs in Tennessee
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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
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Tennessee's handling of the death penalty is again questioned after failed execution
Tennessee is facing criticism after the failed execution of Christa Pike
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Christa Pike on life support after ‘IV issue’ led to failed execution, attorneys say
The execution team worked for an hour to administer the lethal drugs, according to Pike's defense lawyer who counted at least seven needles in her arm
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Christa Pike remains on ventilator after failed execution in Tennessee
Attorneys say hospital staff are working to clear pentobarbital she was administered from her system
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Dolly Parton's nephew wants more time to defend himself against restraining order from her estate
Dolly Parton’s nephew, Bryan Seaver, is seeking more time to secure a lawyer in a legal battle involving a restraining order taken out by her estate
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Christa Pike unconscious and on ventilator after botched execution, lawyer says
As of Thursday night, Pike remained critically ill and is being treated at a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.
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I've seen nearly 500 executions - but never one like Christa Pike's
Texas reporter Michael Graczyk has seen botched executions in his time, but not one in which an inmate survived.
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Female US inmate in critical condition after botched execution
Pike was 18 when she and her boyfriend beat and killed Colleen Slemmer, 19, at a job training camp for young people.
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Christa Pike latest: Trump breaks silence on botched execution
Pike was due to be the first woman put to death in the state in more than 200 years
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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 Wednesday ‘unimaginably barbaric’
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Tennessee suspends executions as Christa Pike’s lawyer says failed lethal injection leaves her in critical condition
Independent inquiry ordered after failed execution of Pike, who was convicted of 1994 murder
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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
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Mother of Christa Pike’s victim says she wanted to finish killer off herself
May Martinez expresses frustration after killer survives who doses of lethal injection
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Read an extract from Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel
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Friday briefing: How we covered the flydubai incident as it unfolded
In today’s newsletter: When a passenger plane plunges 17,000ft amid claims of terrorism, hijacking and geopolitical intrigue, Guardian journalists have to try and separate fact from fiction in real time
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How the botched execution of Christa Pike unfolded, by someone in the room
Those in the room report an hour-plus of what sounded like snoring coming from Pike
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She makes the clothes, he paints them. Meet the artistic duo creating fashion art for a new exhibition
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Christa Pike execution: Satanic killer survives two lethal injections. Updates
Pike was due to be the first woman put to death in the state in more than 200 years
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Christa Pike in critical condition is a reminder botched executions are very common
Tennessee had a botched execution earlier this year and the governor granted a one-year repreive
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What we know about Christa Pike’s condition after failed execution
The BBC’s Ione Wells reports from outside the Tennessee hospital where Pike is said to have arrived Wednesday night after surviving two lethal injection attempts.
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How Tennessee's failed execution of Christa Pike unfolded, minute-by-minute
Christa Pike was scheduled to be executed
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What to know about Christa Pike, who survived a lethal injection execution attempt in Tennessee
Christa Pike is still alive following a lethal injection execution attempt in Tennessee
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Trump is sending $500 ACA refund checks – here’s what you can expect
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Governor halts executions after Christa Pike survived two lethal injection attempts
Christa Pike would have been the 30th person executed in the U.S. this year after Florida carried out an execution on Tuesday
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What could happen to Christa Pike now after 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
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Tennessee suspends executions as Christa Pike’s lawyer says failed lethal injection leaves her in critical condition
Independent inquiry ordered after failed execution of Pike, who was convicted of 1994 murder
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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
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Christa Pike in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections, lawyer says
Pike’s lawyers have asked for her death sentence to be commuted following the botched execution.
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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
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Christa Pike remains alive hours after Tennessee failed in executing her
The 50-year-old death row inmate was still heard snoring over the chamber microphone more than an hour after executioners administered two separate doses of pentobarbital
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After an outfield collision left him paralyzed, every gain in rehab is a big win for A's Ryan Lasko
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Video. Death-row inmate Christa Pike seen during murder trial
File footage shows Christa Pike during her murder trial in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1996 and 2012. Pike was convicted of the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer and sentenced to death. The footage captures Pike in court during...
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Christa Pike: What is pentobarbital and why did Biden ban the lethal injection drug?
Christa Pike, 50, remained alive and loudly snoring after the attempted lethal injection
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What happened in failed execution of Christa Pike - and what next?
The convicted killer is in hospital in Tennessee after surviving two lethal injections, in a case that has raised many questions.
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Christa Pike isn’t Tennessee’s first failed execution this year
In the past 80 years, nine other men have survived execution attempts
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Christa Pike execution latest: Satanic killer survives two lethal injections
Pike was due to be the first woman put to death in the state in more than 200 years
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Inside ‘Satanic panic’ teen murder that put Christa Pike on death row for 30 years
Pike was 18 when she was sent to death row following a murder committed in a jealous rage. Decades later she has survived an attempted execution
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Tennessee governor halts executions after second botched lethal injection attempt this year – US politics live
Bill Lee pauses state’s remaining executions for the rest of the year after inmate Christa Pike survives two lethal injections
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Tennessee woman on death row taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injections
Christa Pike, sentenced to death over 1995 murder, was heard snoring 40 minutes after lethal doses administered, witnesses said
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Chaos in Tennessee as Christa Pike survives two doses of lethal injection
Christa Pike’s attempted execution fails as she is rushed to hospital after surviving two doses of lethal injection Chaos in Tennessee as Christa Pike survives two doses of lethal injection Christa Pike, 50, survived an attempted execution...
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Christa Pike’s attempted execution fails as she survives two lethal injections
Pike was due to be the first woman put to death in the state in 200 years
