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Governor says Tennessee's prisons chief is resigning after failed execution of Christa Pike

October 03, 2026

Frank Strada, commissioner of the Department of Correction, will step down this month, Lee said. Strada said in a statement that resigning was “in the best interest of Tennesseans” while an independent review determines what happened Wednesday when the state failed to execute Pike despite administering two doses of a lethal drug.

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