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.

A federal judge authorized funding for the testing but said she lacked authority to order prison transportation.

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 ...

Pike, 50, continues to receive critical medical care while handcuffed in hospital, according to a statement from her lawyers ...

A Florida prisoner who claimed he killed his cellmate so he could be moved to death row is set to be executed, nearly 18 ...

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 ...