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Frank 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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Christa Pike’s legal team repeatedly warned that her execution could go wrong. On Wednesday, Pike survived two attempts to inject her with execution drugs, bringing horrified reactions, renewed scrutiny of the death penalty and the second moratorium on executions in Tennessee in recent years.

Breaking news: Frank Strada, the Tennessee prisons chief, has resigned after the botched execution of Christa Pike earlier this week, Gov. Bill Lee (R) said. Strada will step down sometime this month, Lee said.

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