Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced on October 3 that Correction Commissioner Frank Strada will resign later this month and that former U.S. Attorney Ed Stanton will lead an independent investigation into the botched execution of Krista Pike, who survived two doses of pentobarbital and remains intubated and unconscious. Reporting has since established that the execution was delayed from 10 a.m. to about 8 p.m., that at least ten needles were used and one was bent at a 90-degree angle, and that the state has not disclosed the drugs' source or handling. The physician who oversaw Pike's execution had botched Tony Carruthers' execution four months earlier, testified he had not placed a central line in over 13 years, holds no current…