Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike was given the all-female lethal injection team she had requested, her attorneys revealed on Thursday.

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike was given the all-female lethal injection team she had requested, her attorneys revealed on Thursday.

Tennessee failed in its attempt Wednesday night to execute convicted killer Christa Pike, leaving the woman in critical condition in a hospital and reigniting a debate over the future of lethal inject

Calls for a nationwide halt to the US death penalty are growing after Tennessee’s failed execution of Christa Pike left her alive and in critical condition.Pike, 50, was given two syringes...

Christa Pike is in critical condition after she survived two lethal doses of pentobarbital as part of her sentence.

Christa Pike survived a failed execution attempt in Tennessee and is receiving “life-saving medical care” in hospital, according to her lawyers.

The stunning failure in Tennessee’s execution chamber on Wednesday has left both sides on the death penalty debate demanding answers.

A failed execution is prompting scrutiny of lethal injection procedures and raising questions about how states, including Utah, would respond if an execution does not go as planned.

Christa Pike was hospitalised after surviving two attempts to execute her using lethal injection.

"I didn't get justice for my daughter," Slemmer's mother said after witnessing the failed execution.

Christa Pike's botched lethal injection could end capital punishment in Tennessee altogether, warns former Knoxville police chief Phil Keith.