Tennessee prison system head to resign after failed Christa Pike execution

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Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada is resigning.
The resignation follows a failed lethal injection execution of Christa Pike.
Governor Bill Lee announced Strada's departure, effective this month.
Strada believes the department followed protocol but is stepping aside for an independent review.
Pike's attorneys reported she is unconscious, intubated, and has significant injuries from the failed execution.
Pike was to be the first woman executed in Tennessee since the 1800s.
She was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer.
All remaining executions scheduled in Tennessee for the year have been canceled.

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