Tennessee Lawmaker Calls for Special Session on Lethal Injection Protocols

Tennessee lawmaker calls for special session on lethal injection protocols

A Tennessee lawmaker is calling for a special session for the General Assembly after the botched execution of Christa Pike.

House Speaker Sexton Calls for Execution Protocol Changes After Christa Pike Survives Two Lethal Injections

Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville) said the state must investigate the failed execution of death row inmate Christa Pike and consider changes to its execution procedures after Pike survived two doses of lethal injection drugs Wednesday night. “Justice wasn’t carried out last night due to an error,” Sexton said in a statement Thursday. “In the coming months, I will work with my Senate counterparts to investigate this failure an…