Tennessee Department of Correction

US murderer Christa Pike discharged from hospital 10 days after failed execution

October 11, 2026 World Justice News 0

US death row inmate Christa Pike has been discharged from hospital following her botched execution at the end of last month, her lawyers have said. Pike, 50, has been sent back to the prison where […]

Christa Pike ‘angry and confused’ after failed execution, lawyers say

October 7, 2026 World Justice News 0

A lawyer for convicted murderer Christa Pike says that she woke up in hospital “angry and confused” after she survived a botched execution attempt last week. Her first words were to ask “Where am I?” […]

Christa Pike ‘conscious and speaking at hospital’ after failed execution in US

October 7, 2026 World Justice News 0

Death row inmate Christa Pike is conscious and speaking nearly a week after Tennessee’s failed execution, her lawyers say. The convicted murderer was given two doses of pentobarbital, a lethal drug used by the US […]

Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years still alive after two lethal injections

October 1, 2026 World Justice News 0

A Tennessee death row inmate set to be the first woman to be executed by the state in more than 200 years is still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyers have said. […]

Killer Christa Pike is to be executed within days – but her defence say she’s a victim too

September 27, 2026 World Justice News 0

Ashlee Sellars last heard from her friend Christa Pike earlier this week, when Pike texted her from her cell on death row as she prepares to be killed by lethal injection by the US state […]

US manhunt for ‘dangerous’ murder suspect who dropped off baby after four relatives found dead

August 2, 2025 World Justice News 0

A car has been found during the search for a man suspected of killing the parents, grandmother and uncle of a baby girl found abandoned in a US state. Austin Robert Drummond, 28, is suspected […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]