https://freerepublic.com/tag/christapike/ en-us Sat, 22 Aug 2026 20:56:23 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4392786/posts KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Special Master W. Mark Ward has denied Christa Gail Pike’s emergency motion to reopen a hearing in her challenge to Tennessee’s lethal injection protocol. It’s an update the legal team for the only woman on Tennessee’s death row is calling disappointing. Pike and her representatives had tried to argue that the physician involved in Tony Carruthers’ botched May execution isn’t fit to play a part in Pike’s, something Ward said isn’t set in stone. “We are deeply disappointed in the Special Master’s denial of our emergency motion to reopen Christa Pike’s hearing to address the qualifications... WVLT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4392786/posts#comment Sat, 22 Aug 2026 20:56:23 GMT