Pike, 50, continues to receive critical medical care while handcuffed in hospital, according to a statement from her lawyers on Tuesday.

In our conversations we bring together three people who have witnessed prisoners being put to death to share their ...

US death row inmate Christa Pike is "conscious and speaking" after surviving a failed execution attempt in Tennessee last week, her lawyers say. We speak to death penalty experts and journalists ...

As you settle in for a night on the sofa, there's one 'moving' film on TV tonight which fans say is a must watch – but brace yourself for a few tears. Based on the memoir of Bryan Stevenson, this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The BBC spoke to Americans and international tourists in Washington DC about their views on the death penalty following the ...

A United States death row inmate survived not one but two lethal injection doses during what was meant to be her execution. Christa Pike, who was on death row in Tennessee, was taken to hospital after ...