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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. […]

Man who has spent 40 years on death row in Utah released after DNA evidence

September 29, 2026 World Justice News 0

A man who has spent 40 years on death row in Utah is being released after prosecutors said newly analysed DNA evidence did not match him. A judge has ordered that Douglas Stewart Carter, who […]

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 […]

Judge dismisses criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

May 23, 2026 World Justice News 0

A US judge has dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to a megaprison in El Salvador last year. Abrego Garcia, whose deportation became a major flashpoint in the debate […]

U.S. Recommends 57-Month Prison Sentence in ‘Spider-Man’ Piracy and Firearm Case

September 1, 2025 World Justice News 0

The U.S. government has recommended a lengthy prison sentence for a former employee of a disc manufacturing company. He previously admitted stealing and distributing numerous DVD and Blu-ray discs, including ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’. The […]

Man accused of killing 4 and abandoning baby arrested in Tennessee

August 6, 2025 World Justice News 0

A man suspected of targeting and killing members of his girlfriend’s family and leaving a baby abandoned in front of a stranger’s home has been arrested in rural Tennessee. The weeklong manhunt for Austin Robert […]

Tennessee: Man tries to detonate 14 explosive devices while being arrested

August 3, 2025 World Justice News 0

Police in Tennessee have discovered 14 improvised explosive devices in a man’s home as they were arresting him, the local sheriff’s office said. Officers were executing a warrant in the home of Kevin Wade O’Neal […]

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 […]

Human Rights

Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]

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

October 1, 2026 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. […]

Human Rights

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

September 27, 2026 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 […]