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Anojan Sivarasa. Credit: Human Rights Watch

Major update after man sentenced to death over deleted Facebook post

Sri Lankan migrant worker Anojan Sivarasa faced execution in Saudi Arabia after he made a post on Facebook. Human rights organizations have called for the country to spare his life – and now, there’s been ...

Christa Pike ‘breaks silence’ as she is released from hospital after botched execution

Christa Pike is out of the hospital, her lawyers say. The 50-year-old is back at the Deborah K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center in Nashville. Christa Pike is out of the hospital. The 50-year-old is back at ...

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Lawyer reveals chilling plan for Christa Pike before she woke up 1 week after failed execution

Christa Pike’s lawyers say they believed she was brain dead on Monday and expected her to come off life support within a day. On Tuesday she woke up and started talking. Christa Pike’s lawyers thought ...

Christa Pike’s family breaks silence on failed exection after she wakes up and says 7 words

According to Christa Pike’s aunt the family was told she was brain dead and would be taken off life support, but instead she woke up and can even talk now. Christa Pike’s aunt, Carrie Ross, ...

Eyewatering cost of Christa Pike’s failed execution

An anti-death-penalty advocate estimates Christa Pike’s case has cost Tennessee taxpayers more than $3 million before the failed execution. Christa Pike, 50, is conscious and speaking, but still in critical condition. Her lawyers shared the ...

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Christa Pike may now be ‘too sick’ to be executed, says anesthesiology expert

Christa Pike survived two failed lethal injection attempts on Wednesday, and a medical expert says she may now be too sick to ever be executed. Christa Pike, 50, was set to become the first woman ...

Mom of Christa Pike’s murder victim makes special decision ahead of historic execution

After three decades of grieving her daughter, May Martinez will now travel to Nashville to witness the planned execution of Christa Pike.

Death row killer Christa Pike’s one last request to family before her execution tomorrow

Christa Pike is set to be executed on Wednesday and has reportedly told the people closest to her that she doesn’t want them to witness the execution. Christa Pike, 50, is due to die by ...

Expert issues warning to halt execution of 50-year-old woman Christa Pike tomorrow

Tennessee’s Supreme Court has rejected Christa Pike’s latest attempt to stop her execution, which is set for September 30 and would make her the first woman put to death in the state in 200 years. ...

Aileen Wuornos made unusual request instead of last meal before her execution

According to records from the Florida Department of Corrections, Aileen Wuornos declined the traditional last meal.