# Krista Pike back in prison

True crime · Heat 4.6 / 10 · 2 shows · 10m airtime

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.

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## Segments

- [No Filter With Zack Peter](https://boilpoints.com/u/nofilterwithzackpeter), 2026-10-12, 29:17 to 31:30: **Reports Pike back in prison**. Reports that Pike left the hospital and is back in prison, then walks through her attorneys' push for commutation and evidence preservation and Tennessee's execution halt. Speculation about settlements and who would collect fills the back half. New angle: Pike's attorneys are asking Governor Bill Lee to commute her death sentence to life without parole.
- [Crime Stories with Nancy Grace](https://boilpoints.com/u/crimestorieswithnancygrace), 2026-10-28, 0:01 to 2:59: **Adds the Supreme Court rejecting the requests**. Opens on the commutation question and adds a specific court action: Pike's lawyers asked for an all-female execution team and for hanging instead of injection, and the Tennessee Supreme Court turned them down. The governor still has not announced a decision. New angle: The Tennessee Supreme Court rejected Pike's request for an all-female execution team and for hanging instead of lethal injection.
- [Crime Stories with Nancy Grace](https://boilpoints.com/u/crimestorieswithnancygrace), 2026-10-28, 15:41 to 18:50: **Reports no one in Tennessee can hang**. Turns to the hanging alternative Pike's lawyers raised and explains the mechanics: weight, height and rope length must be calculated to snap the neck. Reports that Tennessee has no one qualified to perform a hanging, and that a correct drop takes 30 to 45 seconds. New angle: Tennessee has no one qualified to perform a hanging, which requires calculating weight, height and rope length.
- [Crime Stories with Nancy Grace](https://boilpoints.com/u/crimestorieswithnancygrace), 2026-10-28, 18:50 to 20:51: **Traces the history of judicial hanging**. Runs through the history of judicial hanging in America - colonial import, the 1862 mass hanging of 38 Dakota men, Judge Parker - to frame Pike's hanging request. Background and context, not a development in the case.