# Tennessee prisons chief to resign after Christa Pike's failed execution, governor says

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- BBC News, 2026-10-03 16:18 UTC
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- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8zxl62yzxzxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Tennessee Governor Bill Lee says prisons commissioner Frank Strada will resign after death-row inmate Christa Pike survived a botched execution on Wednesday. Pike survived two lethal injections and remains in critical condition in hospital while her lawyers seek to commute her sentence.

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