Tennessee cannot retry Christa Pike after a botched execution
Christa Pike survived a botched execution in Tennessee, forcing the state to confront whether repeating a failed lethal injection violates the Eighth Amendment.
By Adele Rutherford ·
us supreme court — Lorien Times
The high court clears the way as Tennessee sets an execution
The United States Supreme Court denied Christa Pike a stay, leaving the state to carry out an execution that tests our legal rules on youth and trauma.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Denny Hoskins built a muddle to steal the Missouri vote
By Ray Dombrowski ·