People gathered during a March 4 Mercy protest against the death penalty at the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville last month, ahead of the scheduled execution of Christa Pike.
Tennessee’s unsuccessful attempt to end the life of Christa Pike is spurring more scrutiny over capital punishment techniques, and whether the death penalty should exist at all.
Tennessee’s unsuccessful attempt to end the life of Christa Pike is spurring more scrutiny over capital punishment techniques, and whether the death penalty should exist at all.
In a photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections, the state’s death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left.
The plane, with four Canadians on board and two people picked up in Bermuda, lost contact shortly after 1 a.m. A search was underway Saturday off the coast of Nantucket, Mass.
The plane, with four Canadians on board and two people picked up in Bermuda, lost contact shortly after 1 a.m. A search was underway Saturday off the coast of Nantucket, Mass.
The failed execution of Christa Pike, which left her clinging to life in Tennessee, was the latest grisly error to take place in an American execution chamber.
The failed execution of Christa Pike, which left her clinging to life in Tennessee, was the latest grisly error to take place in an American execution chamber.
The execution of Thomas Creech at the Idaho state prison complex near Kuna, Idaho, was halted after executioners failed to access a vein to administer a lethal injection.
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