Krista Pike survived two lethal injections in Tennessee, was discharged from the hospital and returned to prison on October 12, 2026. Her attorneys are asking Governor Bill Lee to commute her death sentence to life without parole. The Tennessee Supreme Court has since rejected her request for an all-female execution team and for hanging instead of lethal injection, and reporting notes the state has no one qualified to perform a hanging. The commutation request remains the open question.