AP — The pinnacle of Tennessee’s jail system is resigning, Gov. Invoice Lee introduced Saturday, the primary main employees shake-up since Christa Pike’s gorgeous failed execution left her unconscious and on a ventilator at a hospital.
Frank Strada, commissioner of the Division of Correction, will step down this month, Lee stated. A few of the governor’s fellow Republicans and different elected officers had been urging a change in management.
It was the second time since Might that Tennessee has not been capable of execute a prisoner who was seemingly moments away from demise.
The governor additionally introduced that former US Legal professional Ed Stanton would lead a assessment of what occurred in Pike’s demise chamber. Stanton beforehand was named to conduct a assessment after Lee known as off a distinct execution in 2022; he present in that case that Tennessee had not complied with its personal deadly injection course of.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/03/us/christa-pike-tennessee-prisons-chief-governor?Date=20261003&Profile=CNN
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