Tennessee correction commissioner steps down after failed execution

Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada is resigning following a second failed execution this year. Strada had previously helped redesign the state's lethal injection protocols.
The architect of Tennessee’s new lethal injection protocols is stepping down as leader of the Department of Correction after a second failed execution this year. Frank Strada helped design the state’s new execution process after a 2022 review found that Tennessee had not properly inspected the drugs it uses to put people to death. Strada […]
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