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Tennessee halts executions after death row inmate survives lethal injection attempt

Tennessee halts executions after death row inmate survives lethal injection attempt

Thursday, October 1, 2026
After Tennessee officials failed in their Sept. 30 attempt to execute death row inmate Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder, the state's Gov. Bill Lee halted the one remaining execution for the rest of the year pending an investigation. The post Tennessee halts executions after death row inmate survives lethal injection attempt first appeared on OSV News.