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Tennessee Fails to Execute Christa Pike for Colleen Slemmer's Murder, Two Doses and She Survived, Governor Halts All 2026 Executions

Tennessee failed to execute Christa Gail Pike on Wednesday night. After the Sixth Circuit stayed her execution an hour before its scheduled 10 a.m. start and the U.S. Supreme Court vacated that stay hours later, the state administered two doses of pentobarbital — the maximum its protocol allows — and Pike, 50, remained alive. Media witnesses reported she was still breathing more than 40 minutes later. She was taken by ambulance to a hospital, and her attorneys say they still have not been told her condition. Gov. Bill Lee has paused the state's remaining 2026 executions and called for a comprehensive third-party review. Pike was sentenced to death in 1996 for the 1995 torture killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville; she was 18 at the time, and her lawyers had warned a blood disorder created a substantial risk of a prolonged and painful execution. Also: Judge William Sullivan is weighing a motion that would end the Lindsay Clancy case permanently, and former Stoughton detective Matthew Farwell is asking to move his federal trial out of Massachusetts days before jury selection in the death of Sandra Birchmore, 23. Garret Fisher reports.

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GUILTY: Caleb Flynn Convicted in Ashley Flynn's Murder, Jury Out Under Three Hours, Lindsay Clancy Hearing Ends With No Decision

A Miami County, Ohio, jury convicted Caleb Flynn, 40, on Tuesday of aggravated murder and every other count in the February shooting death of his wife, Ashley Flynn, 37, a middle school volleyball coa...

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GUILTY: Surgeon Tomasz Kosowski Convicted in Steven Cozzi Murder, Won't Fight for His Own Life, Caleb Flynn's Mistress Reads the Texts

Plastic surgeon Tomasz Kosowski, 47, was convicted of first-degree murder last Wednesday in the 2023 killing of Largo attorney Steven Cozzi, 41, after representing himself, waiving his right to a jury...

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The Tylenol Murders: Idaho Names the 'Unknown Wanderer', Illinois Investigators Say No, and the Seven Victims Nobody Names

Mary Kellerman was twelve years old when her parents gave her an Extra-Strength Tylenol capsule on the morning of September 29, 1982. She died that morning. Within three days, six more people in the C...

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Harvey Weinstein Sentenced to 15 Years for Miriam Haley, Lindsay Clancy Double Jeopardy Bid, Elizabeth Holmes Halfway House Date Set

Harvey Weinstein, 74, was sentenced Wednesday in Manhattan to 15 years in prison for the 2006 sexual assault of production assistant Miriam Haley, followed by five years of supervised release and sex-...

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Caleb Flynn Trial for Ashley Flynn: The Dogs Didn't Bark, Kosowski Verdict Watch in Steven Cozzi Case, Brother Recants in Frostproof

Caleb Flynn, 40, the former music pastor and American Idol contestant on trial in Miami County, Ohio, for the February shooting death of his wife, Ashley Flynn, 37, heard her family testify against hi...

24 Syys 17min

Richard Allen Delphi Appeal for Abby & Libby, Caleb Flynn Trial for Ashley Flynn, Tomasz Kosowski Trial for Steven Cozzi

Richard Allen, convicted in 2024 of murdering Abigail "Abby" Williams, 13, and Liberty "Libby" German, 14, near the Monon High Bridge in Delphi, Indiana, asked the Indiana Court of Appeals for a new t...

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Matthew Exton Sentenced to Up to 24½ Years, a New Trial Denied for Gerhardt Konig, and Tomasz Kosowski Starts Cross-Examining

Matthew Exton, 43, a former attorney convicted of attempting to shoot his ex-wife at the opening night of Sabira restaurant in Toledo, was sentenced Monday by Lucas County Judge Gary Cook. Exton tried...

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