Tennessee Prison Chief Resigns After Failed Execution Of Christa Pike

The Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Correction, Frank Strada, has resigned following the botched execution of convicted murderer Christa Pike, who survived two injections of the lethal drug pentobarbital.
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced Strada’s resignation on Saturday, saying the commissioner would leave his position later this month. The governor has also ordered an independent review of the failed execution.
Pike, 50, was left unconscious and on a ventilator in a hospital following Wednesday’s failed lethal injection at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, according to her lawyers. Hospital staff were working to save her life and clear the two ...