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Tennessee prisons chief resigns after failed execution of Christa Pike
Tennessee's prisons chief has resigned after the failed execution of death row prisoner Christa Pike.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Sky News
Tennessee prisons official resigns after Christa Pike’s failed US execution
What happened
The state's governor said Frank Strada would step down as an independent review examines what went wrong.
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- Reported by Al Jazeera and published Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:31:54 UTC.
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