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Florida executes inmate with same method Tennessee used in botched…

The execution follows Tennessee's Pike case, which reignited legal challenges to the method; lawyers are expected to keep pressing the argument.

On air: Hank Ledger on BBN Tonight
Published 8:47 PM ET, Tuesday, October 13, 2026

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First reported by The Washington Post: “Florida executes inmate with same method Tennessee used in botched Pike case”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 8:47 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Hank Ledger.
Topics: Tennessee, Christa Pike, Florida.
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The Washington PostFlorida executes inmate with same method Tennessee used in botched Pike case

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFlorida has carried out an execution using the same method Tennessee used in the Pike case, which went wrong. Skip is outside the prison tonight.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentI'm standing outside the prison, and behind me you can see the floodlights and a small group that gathered here as the evening went on.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentThe execution is done, and it used the same method Tennessee used in the Pike case, which was botched.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentThat is the legal question now hanging over this one.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDo we know whether anything went wrong tonight?
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentNot from what I have, Hank, and I won't guess.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentWhat is clear is that the method itself remains at issue, and lawyers will keep challenging it.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's the right call, Skip. Stay with the facts.