Pope says death penalty ‘inadmissible’ as US plans to livestream execution
Pope Leo XIV describes capital punishment as an ‘attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person’ in post on X.
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Christa Pike is awake after surviving execution: What happens now?
Tennessee death row inmate survives execution attempt, sparking legal and medical concerns.
Christa Pike lawyers say she is speaking one week after failed execution
The 50-year-old has regained consciousness and is receiving care nearly one week after being sent to the hospital.
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Fort Hood shooter to be executed by firing squad: All to know
The US Army is averse to capital punishment and has not carried out an execution in decades.
Trump approves firing squad execution for Fort Hood attacker Nidal Hasan
Pentagon confirms execution order for Nidal Hasan, convicted of killing 13 in Fort Hood shooting in 2009.
Tennessee prisons official resigns after Christa Pike’s failed US execution
The state’s governor said Frank Strada would step down as an independent review examines what went wrong.
The double standards of a failed execution
Had Christa Pike faced the death penalty in the Middle East, there would be relentless outrage and condemnations.
Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator after botched execution: Lawyers
The Tennessee woman’s legal team says doctors are working to clear doses of the drug pentobarbital from her system.
From: NewsFeed
Lawyers for US inmate who survived lethal injections demand release
Christa Pike is in critical condition after two failed attempts to execute her by lethal injection, her lawyer says.
Published On 2 Oct 2026
Death penalty bill for forest arsonists clears Algeria lower house
Human rights organisations accused Algiers of using the law to target political opposition groups.
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Christa Pike execution fails: What next when a lethal injection is botched?
Only woman on Tennessee ‘death row’ is in hospital after two injections failed to kill her.
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