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Calls Show How Confusion Delayed Emergency Response for Christa Pike

13 octobre 2026 à 06:03
The first 911 call from inside the prison was made at 8:40 p.m. It took about 30 minutes to verify its authenticity.

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Dispatch and radio calls show confusion that led to a delay in emergency response.

Christa Pike Regains Consciousness After Failed Execution in Tennessee

6 octobre 2026 à 18:53
The death row inmate in Tennessee received two doses of a lethal injection drug last week but lived. She was taken from the execution chamber in an ambulance.

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Emergency vehicles arrive at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution after the execution of Christa Pike was halted.

Tennessee Commissioner Resigns After Failed Execution of Christa Pike

3 octobre 2026 à 14:23
Frank Strada, who oversaw the process that left Christa Pike unconscious and hospitalized, quit as an independent review began.

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Frank Strada, the embattled Tennessee prison chief, is stepping down after the failed execution of Christa Pike.

Tennessee Prison Commissioner Resigns Days After Failed Execution

3 octobre 2026 à 11:52
Frank Strada, who oversaw the process that left Christa Pike unconscious and hospitalized, quit as an independent review begins.

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Frank Strada, the embattled Tennessee prison chief, is stepping down following the failed execution of Christa Pike.

Tennessee Prison Chief Was Hired Despite a Trail of Troubled Executions

3 octobre 2026 à 11:41
The failed execution of Christa Pike has prompted new scrutiny of Frank Strada, who resigned as the state’s top prison official on Saturday, and his past role overseeing executions in Arizona.

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Frank Strada speaking at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville after an execution in August.

Prison Officials Suspended After Inmates Are Found Living in Luxury

29 septembre 2026 à 17:29
At an Indonesian prison complex near Jakarta, inspectors found expensive cars, spacious quarters with flat-screen TVs and a golf simulator under construction.

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Indonesian officials with an inmate at Cibinong prison, near Jakarta, in 2019. Inspectors found some inmates receiving V.I.P. treatment during a surprise visit last week.

Once Sentenced to Death, Mary Jane Veloso Receives Pardon in the Philippines

25 septembre 2026 à 06:17
Mary Jane Veloso was convicted of drug smuggling and nearly killed by a firing squad in Indonesia. On Friday, more than a decade later, she was pardoned in the Philippines.

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Mary Jane Veloso, center, being escorted by prison officials at the Correctional Institution for Women in Manila in 2024.
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