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In a stunning twist of events, Tennessee failed to execute #ChristaPike tonight - a second botched execution (or attempt) this year.
The same physician who presided over the botched execution of Tony Carruthers earlier this year, was also involved in tonight's fiasco.
After the first lethal dose of pentobarbital failed to kill Christa, they administered another. More than an hour later she was still alive. Emergency services showed up at the prison and hauled her off. It has been confirmed that she is STILL ALIVE.
It is unclear what comes next, if she'll ultimately survive, or what kind of impact receive two massive, deadly doses of the barbiturate will have on a living person.
TDOC officials closed the curtain to the witness chamber multiple times. Media reports that they could audibly still hear her breathing while curtains remained closed. Ultimately they were escorted out while it was clear Christa was still alive.
We will do our best to keep you informed on tonight's INSANE series of events.
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Tennessee’s botched attempt to execute Christa Pike, as witnessed by her attorneys, demonstrates why the death penalty truly is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.
All execution methods are inhumane and unacceptable.
The death penalty must be abolished, everywhere.
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"Father, forgive us."
Tennessee unable to carry out the execution by lethal injection of Christa Gail Pike, witnesses say. apnews.com/article/christa-p… @AP @StatehouseKim @kmhall @Tndeathpenalty @uscedp @CCATDP @nationalnow @UNHumanRights @amnesty @hrw @reprieve #deathpenalty
After years on death row (for a crime he DID NOT commit) Justin Wolfe has returned home! PADP has had the privilege of knowing Justin's Mom for decades. We're so happy for you both! @DeathPenaltyAct @Journey0fHope youtube.com/watch?v=CGKe0CRZ…
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Do nuns ever retire? “This one doesn’t.”
Thanks to Bob Warren for a great interview and story today in NOLA! nola.com/entertainment_life/…
"They're looking at the death penalty purely from a vindictive or retributive position, understanding that it doesn't serve a purpose and risks a horror story of actually executing someone who didn't do it" @Atlantic_Ctr davisvanguard.org/2026/08/ma…
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Opinion — Why @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom should commute every death sentence in California before he leaves office. sfchronicle.com/opinion/open… @sfchronicle @nadiadaar @amnestyusa @DPFocus @SmartJusticeCA @uscedp #deathpenalty
In an opinion for PennLive/The Patriot-News, retired defense attorney and current chair of Pennsylvanians Against the Death Penalty Marshall Dayan asks: Has the death penalty, as established by Gregg, accomplished its goals? davisvanguard.org/2026/08/gr…
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Pennsylvania death-row prisoner Andre Staton's death penalty sentence vacated. Prosecution agrees he is ineligible for the death penalty because of intellectual disability. lewistownsentinel.com/news/p… @TheSentinelPA @padp_org @Atlantic_Ctr @uscedp @TheArcUS #deathpenalty
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8 states have issued 47 death warrants setting execution dates for 2026. 6 have attempted to carry out executions; 5 have succeeded. 16 of the 19 executions have been in Florida (12) or Texas (4), which also have scheduled 6 of the 12 pending executions. @uscedp @amnestyusa
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New: Former Louisiana death row inmate Jimmie “Chris” Duncan, convicted based in part on forensic evidence now widely regarded as junk science, is officially a free man. “I am flooded with relief,” one of his lawyers said. propub.li/4oXtJcX
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Louisiana Supreme Court Frees Death Row Prisoner, Jimmie “Chris” Duncan, Calling Evidence Against Him “Scientifically Indefensible.” propublica.org/article/louis… @propublica @veritenewsnola @RichardAWebster @LaRepeal @JusticesPromise @WTIUSA @innocence @cifsjustice @uscedp
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Capital Punishment Is on the Decline. Except in Ron DeSantis’s Florida. nytimes.com/2026/06/30/magaz… @nytimes @propublica @pamelacolloff @FADPorg @FLDeathPenalty @MelVerdeciaEsq @uscedp #deathpenalty
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Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court's decision in Gregg v. Georgia brought back the death penalty in the United States. Death Penalty Action and our coalition partners invite you to join us for a rally on July 2, 2026, at 6pm EDT at the U.S. Supreme Court. We will send a clear message: 50 years of the death penalty, 50 years of failure. End the Death Penalty Now!
Can't make it to DC? Join us online via the Abolitionist Action Committee’s Facebook page or Death Penalty Action’s YouTube channel.
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Death Penalty Action is pleased to be able to host @MauriceChammah, of @MarshallProj, tomorrow for a discussion about Gregg v. Georgia - the case that upheld new death penalty laws after the US Supreme Court struck them down in the 1972 Furman v. Georgia decision.
The country has spent the past 50 years attempting to remedy the inherent arbitrary ways in which capital punishment is handed out. Is there anything to show for it?
Join us at 2:30pm ET tomorrow, June 30th 👉 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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If the currently scheduled July executions go through, Florida will have conducted the last 5 executions in the U.S.—4 more than the rest of the country combined. Here is a state-by-state breakdown of the current status of the U.S. death warrants setting execution dates for 2026.
With Dominick Occhione's execution now set for 7/28 in Florida, 11 executions have been scheduled and 8 are still pending in the U.S. in the next 3 months. Expect Florida to add another 4 to that schedule. @uscedp #deathpenalty
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Prison Staff, Say NO to participating in executions! REFUSE to do state's dirty work.
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In 1992, David Wood was convicted of murdering young women and girls in Texas. Now, his lawyers have one last chance to stop his execution. "The Last 12 Weeks," our new series with @MarshallProj, follows a team of defense attorneys as they try to save their client’s life. Out now: lnk.to/last12weeks
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New Podcast—What If I Follow You Around? A @MarshallProj journalist asked a defense team if he could trail them as they tried to stop an execution weeks away. Surprisingly, they said yes. themarshallproject.org/2026/… @MauriceChammah @TexDefender @TCADPdotORG @uscedp #DavidWood #Texas
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Op-ed: Imprisoned Black man, his KKK-linked attorney, and what justice really looks like. amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/… @NYAmNews #Alabama @AlabamaArise @eji_org @PHADP @splcenter #RockyMyers #deathpenalty
