Tag: Tennessee

Media witnesses recount the moments before the execution of Christa Pike was halted.

Beltway Confidential

How legislatures and the courts sabotage the death penalty

Zachary Faria · October 2, 2026 3:04 pm

Christa Pike mugshot.

Tennessee executed Christa Pike by the book. She survived

Pedro Ordein · October 2, 2026 10:00 am

Christa Pike mugshot.

Christa Pike in critical condition day after surviving two lethal injections, lawyers say

Molly Parks · October 1, 2026 4:34 pm

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Blackburn calls to reinstate electric chair after Tennessee death row inmate’s botched lethal injections

Rena Rowe · October 1, 2026 12:52 pm

Photographs of Colleen Slemmer, who was murdered in 1995, are displayed outside Riverbend Maximum Security Institution before the planned execution of Christa Pike, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Christa Pike was set to be the first woman to be executed in Tennessee in 200 years before botched attempts: What to know

Rena Rowe · October 1, 2026 9:02 am

Christa Pike cries after being sentenced to death on March 30, 1996.

Tennessee inmate Christa Pike still alive after two lethal injections, witnesses say

Claire Carter · September 30, 2026 8:28 pm

Christa Pike cries after being sentenced to death on March 30, 1996.

Christa Pike’s Tennessee execution halted by court an hour before it was scheduled

David Zimmermann · September 30, 2026 10:38 am

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Energy and Environment

US approves first small modular nuclear reactor construction permit

Rena Rowe · September 29, 2026 4:13 pm

People gather during a March 4 Mercy protest against the death penalty at the Tennessee State Capitol, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, ahead of the Sept. 30 scheduled execution of Christa Pike.

Tennessee prepares to execute the first woman in over 200 years

David Zimmermann · September 29, 2026 9:42 am

President Donald Trump is displayed on the scoreboard as he attends the Tennessee-Texas NCAA college football game in Knoxville, Tenn., Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (Sara Diggins/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

Trump stumps for Protect College Sports Act at Texas-Tennessee game: ‘Bipartisanship for the first time in a while’

Molly Parks · September 26, 2026 4:29 pm

President Donald Trump, seeing in front of a pink wall, attends a tea with first lady Melania Trump.

Trump takes a red-state swing as GOP split on whether those states are in play

Naomi Lim, Mabinty Quarshie · September 26, 2026 7:00 am

Trump speaks to reporters.

CNN says it was barred from Air Force One pool for Trump Tennessee trip

Molly Parks · September 25, 2026 10:48 pm