Tennessee prison chief who oversaw botched execution resigns — governor
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October 3, 2026
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The prison commissioner in the southern United States (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.
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