Tennessee prisons official resigns after Christa Pikeโs failed US execution
The state's governor said Frank Strada would step down as an independent review examines what went wrong.
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The state's governor said Frank Strada would step down as an independent review examines what went wrong.
The head of Tennesseeโs prison system is resigning, Governor Bill Lee announced on Saturday, the first major shake-up since the stunning failed execution of Christa Pike landed her on a ventilator at a hospital. Frank Strada, commissioner of the Department of Correction, will step down this month, Lee said. Strada said in a statement that resigning was โin the best interest of Tennesseansโ while an independent review determines what happened on Wednesday when the state failed to execute Pike...
Pike survived two lethal injections on Wednesday and is currently in critical condition in hospital.
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