Tennessee prison chief who oversaw botched Christa Pike execution resigns

Tennessee's prison commissioner, Frank Strada, has resigned following the botched lethal injection of convicted murderer Christa Pike. According to Governor Bill Lee, Strada will leave his position at the end of the month.

Strada's resignation comes after Pike survived a lethal injection and is currently in critical condition, unconscious, and on a ventilator in a hospital. The Governor has accepted Strada's resignation, which he said was in the best interest of Tennesseans as an independent review into the failed execution moves forward.

The state has launched an investigation into what went wrong during the execution. Governor Lee has also halted further executions through the rest of the year while the review is conducted. Strada said he believed the review was necessary and that he would cooperate to determine exactly what occurred.

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