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Health update after Christa Pike's failed execution

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Christa Pike's lawyer, Stephen Ferrell, said her recovery remained uncertain after she survived two lethal injections during a failed execution. He said it was unclear whether the American prisoner would ever fully recover.

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Resignation of Tennessee prison chief after failed execution

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Frank Strada, head of Tennessee’s prison system, resigned after the failed execution of Christa Pike, who had been convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Governor Bill Lee said Strada offered his resignation and will leave later in the month; one report said he left on Saturday. An independent investigation is under way into what went wrong.