Christa Pike, a convicted killer was scheduled to become the first woman to be executed in the state of Tennessee in more ...

Each person condemned to die in Tennessee is allowed a spiritual adviser, who is with them during their execution. Their ...

The botched executions of Christa Pike and Tony Carruthers show that there is no humane way to take a life. Death penalty supporters should know that.

Florida killer who murdered his cellmate just to get death penalty finally faces execution - A Florida prisoner who claimed ...

Christa Pike, the death-row inmate who survived a failed execution in Tennessee, is "conscious and speaking". Pike, 50, was in a critical condition and expected to have brain damage after being given ...

James Robertson, 63, was supposed to be one of two inmates scheduled for lethal injection on the same day, but Gov. Ron ...

A female Tennessee death row inmate has asked that she be killed by an all-female execution squad after she was convicted for murdering her classmate more than 30 years ago. Christa Pike was sentenced ...

Christa Pike became the first death row inmate to survive lethal injection Wednesday in what an expert dubbed a “singular and ...

In several prisons in the United States, death row inmates are granted the option to select their final meal, with most opting for high-calorie comfort foods before their sentences are carried out. A ...

A female Tennessee death row inmate has asked that she be killed by an all-female execution squad after she was convicted for murdering her classmate more than 30 years ago. Investigators said that ...

A Tennessee woman set to become the first female executed in the state in over 200 years on Wednesday has refused her last meal. Christa Pike, 50, was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of 19-year ...