Tennessee prison chief resigns after overseeing 'botched' lethal injection of killer Christa Pike

Tennessee’s prison chief has resigned just days after the state’s failed attempt to execute the killer Christa Pike, leaving the prisoner alive and requiring hospital treatment after surviving two lethal injection jabs.Frank Strada’s resignation was announced by Governor Bill Lee this afternoon, following the "botched" lethal injection at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville this week.Mr Lee has suspended all further executions in Tennessee for the remainder of the year, and ordered an independent review into what happened.“I appreciate his willingness to put the interests of Tennesseans first during this difficult moment,” Mr. Lee said in a statement addressing the resignation of Mr...

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