Christa Pike has pneumonia, unable to move arms after botched execution
Attorneys for Christa Pike, the Tennessee inmate who survived two doses of a lethal injection during her botched execution last week, shared an update on her health condition.
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Attorneys for Christa Pike, the Tennessee inmate who survived two doses of a lethal injection during her botched execution last week, shared an update on her health condition.
Tennessee canceled its remaining scheduled execution this year after Christa Pike, the only woman on its death row, survived two doses of a botched lethal injection. A witness said she was "clearly very alive."
A Georgia judge has put an execution on hold to allow time for a hearing on whether the sentence should be reduced under a new state law that lets victims of abuse have their sentences reconsidered.
The Georgia Supreme Court has rule that a vaccine condition made during the COVID-19 pandemic can no longer be used to delay some death row prisoners' executions.
Erfan Shakourzadeh, 29, was hanged after being convicted for allegedly collaborating with the CIA and Israel's Mossad intelligence service, Iran's judiciary said.
Prosecutors say they plan to seek the death penalty for the man accused of murdering a Gwinnett County police officer and injuring another at a hotel last month.
Wednesday's scheduled execution of a Cobb death row inmate has been suspended as the State Board of Pardons and Paroles considers a clemency application.
A Georgia law creates a clearer process to determine intellectual disability before trial, strengthening long-sought protections in death penalty cases. Now, the state's interfaith leaders are recognizing the advocates who made it possible.
