We and our partners do the following data processing based on your consent: store and/or access information on a device, personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development Tennessee prison chief who oversaw botched Christa Pike execution resigns The head of Tennessee's prison system has resigned in the first major shake-up since the stunning failed execution of Christa Pike, who is in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, who previously denied Pike clemency, has halted further executions through the rest of the year while a review is conducted. Tennessee prisons chief Frank Strada will leave his post this month, the state's governor has said. © Mark Humphrey, AP archives The prison commissioner in the southern US state of Tennessee has resigned over the botched execution of convicted murderer Christa Pike, Governor Bill Lee said Saturday.
Lee said in a statement that commissioner Frank Strada would leave his post this month. Pike's lawyers say she is in critical condition, unconscious and on a ventilator in a hospital, after her execution by lethal injection went wrong on Wednesday. Read moreConvicted killer Christa Pike in ‘critical condition’ after two lethal injections fail to kill her Pike, 50, survived two injections of the normally lethal substance pentobarbital as punishment for the murder of Colleen Slemmer in 1995.
It was the second failed execution in Tennessee this year. The state halted an execution in May after medical staff failed to tap a vein in the prisoner's arm. Lee said he thanked Strada for "his willingness to put the interests of Tennesseans first during this difficult moment." In the same statement, Strada said, "I continue to believe the Department (of Correction) carried out its responsibilities in accordance with the established protocol." Lee, who previously denied Pike clemency, has halted further executions through the rest of the year while a review is conducted.
Had the drugs killed Pike, she would have been the first woman executed by the state in more than two centuries. In the United States, only 18 women have been executed since 1976, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Convicted killer Christa Pike in ‘critical condition’ after two lethal injections fail to kill her US Supreme Court clears way for Tennessee execution of woman for murder 1. 1 ## Hundreds of French schools remain closed as riot police clash with student protesters France 2. 2 ## Transport suspended in some French cities as school protests continue France 3. 3 ## G7 members will release 100 million barrels of diesel after US threatens export ban Europe 4. 4 ## Convicted killer Christa Pike in ‘critical condition’ after two lethal injections fail to kill her Americas 5. 5 ## US presses Europe to release diesel reserves 'immediately' as Trump threatens export ban Europe 6. 6 ## Trump renews calls for former Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell's resignation Americas © 2026 Copyright France 24 - All rights reserved.
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