Pakistan, Oct. 4 -- Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada has resigned following the failed execution of death row inmate Christa Pike. Governor Bill Lee announced Strada's resignation on Saturday. Strada will leave his position later this month. The resignation follows growing scrutiny of the state's execution procedures.

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Pike, 50, survived a lethal injection attempt on September 30. Officials administered two doses of pentobarbital, but neither dose resulted in her death. She was later taken to a hospital for treatment. Her attorneys said she remained unconscious and on a ventilator.

Pike was scheduled for execution over the 1995 murde...