Tennessee's top prison official turned in his resignation days after the failed attempt to execute death row inmate Christa Pike, the state announced Saturday. Gov. Bill Lee said Department of Correction commissioner Frank Strada would step down this month.
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October 3, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Departure comes as the state investigates what went wrong during Pike's lethal injection.
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