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Tennessee cancels remaining 2024 executions after botched Pike
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- Governor Bill Lee announced Tennessee will not carry out its remaining scheduled execution this year.
- The announcement follows a botched September 30 execution of Christa Pike that used two lethal drug doses.
- Attorneys say Pike now speaks, eats and walks with assistance.
- Frank Strada, head of the Tennessee prison system, resigned after the failed execution attempt.