Tennessee prison chief resigns after failed execution as former US attorney tapped to lead independent review

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• Fox News
  mixed factuality Fox Corporation (Murdoch family) · corporate

  Frank Strada resigned as Tennessee's corrections commissioner after Christa Pike's botched lethal injection left her hospitalized on a ventilator.

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• BBC News
  high factuality UK Royal Charter · state-funded

  Pike's lawyers said the failure "goes far beyond any one person". Pike is in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections.

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• Al Jazeera
  high factuality Qatar Government · state

  The state's governor said Frank Strada would step down as an independent review examines what went wrong.

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• France 24
  high factuality France Médias Monde · state-funded

  The head of Tennessee's prison system has resigned in the first major shake-up since the stunning failed execution of Christa Pike, who is in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, who previously denied Pike clemency, has halted fur

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