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Christa Pike Unconscious and on a Ventilator, Her Lawyers Say the IVs Blew and the State Pushed a Second Dose, TJ Wiggins Faces Death

Christa Gail Pike is unconscious, intubated and breathing through a ventilator at a Nashville-area hospital five days after Tennessee failed to execute her, her attorneys said in a Friday emergency motion. Stephen Ferrell and Luke Ihnen of Federal Defender Services of East Tennessee wrote that the execution team used at least seven needles, that one bent, that Pike herself suggested an access site, and that no one on the team appeared to realize the IV lines were misplaced and the veins had blown before a second set of syringes was administered. The motion asks a judge to order the Department of Correction to preserve all evidence from that night. The state says it followed its approved protocol; no court has made any finding, and Gov. Bill Lee's third-party review is ongoing. Pike was sentenced to death in 1996 for the 1995 killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. Also: a Polk County jury is weighing whether to recommend death for Tony "TJ" Wiggins in the Frostproof killings of Damion Tillman, Brandon Rollins and Keven Springfield — Florida requires only eight of twelve votes. And jury selection begins in Boston in the federal trial of former Stoughton detective Matthew Farwell in the death of Sandra Birchmore, 23. Garret Fisher reports.

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Christa Pike's Failed Execution: One Doctor, Two Botched Attempts, Murdaugh Says the State Hid a Police Chief's Role, TJ Wiggins Faces Death

Christa Gail Pike remains hospitalized two days after Tennessee failed to execute her, and her attorneys say they still have not been told her condition. Dr. Mark Walton Fowler, the contract physician...

2 Okt 16min

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 h...

1 Okt 18min

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...

30 Sep 17min

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...

29 Sep 16min

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...

28 Sep 17min

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

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25 Sep 17min

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 Sep 17min