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קריסטה פייק, ה רוצחת מ טנסי ש שרדה הוצאה להורג

Christa Pike survives two doses of lethal injection drug: can Tennessee try to execute her again?

After the 50-year-old regained consciousness, Tennessee's governor halted executions and its prison chief resigned; experts suspect the drug never entered her bloodstream properly, while a second attempt could face Eighth Amendment challenges

Hagai Gilboa, Calcalist | 10.14.26

Victim Colleen Slemmer and convicted murderer Christa Pike. Pike's accomplice carved a symbol associated with Satan into the victim's body

‘Where am I?’: Christa Pike wakes six days after surviving botched execution in Tennessee

Christa Pike regained consciousness six days after surviving two lethal injections in Tennessee, waking as doctors prepared to remove her from life support; now 'angry and confused,' she remains unable to swallow or move her arms

ynet, News Agencies | 10.08.26

Christa Pike wakes and speaks after surviving Tennessee lethal injection attempt, lawyers say

Attorneys say the 50-year-old remains in intensive care after execution drugs allegedly leaked into tissue, as a rare legal battle emerges over whether Tennessee can try to execute her again

ynet, News Agencies | 10.07.26

Christa Pike survived two lethal injections. Could Tennessee try to execute her again?

Nearly five days after Tennessee tried to execute Christa Pike for the brutal 1995 murder of her classmate, she remains unconscious in a guarded hospital; her lawyers seek a life sentence and warn she may never fully recover

ynet, news agencies | 10.05.26

Flydubai suspect expected to face death penalty in UAE

Analysis: Senior Emirati source says Mossad and Israeli aviation experts joined the Abu Dhabi probe alongside Saudi, Omani and US intelligence officials, as investigators examine claims he planned to seize the cockpit and strike Tel Aviv’s Azrieli Towers

Smadar Perry | 10.04.26

ארה"ב טנסי קריסטה פייק נידונה למוות הוצאה להורג ראשונה של אישה במדינה אחרי 200 שנה

7 needles, 2 lethal doses and a doctor tied to prior botch: how Christa Pike’s execution failed

Pike remains critical in hospital as lawyers demand her sentence be commuted; Tennessee’s governor has halted further executions while the case fuels calls to bring back the electric chair

ynet, News Agencies | 10.02.26

Israeli-Canadian freed after 11 years in Kurdish prison, spared death penalty

Ben Hassin, who traveled to Iraqi Kurdistan and fought alongside Peshmerga forces against ISIS, is expected in Israel after a reconciliation agreement with the family of a man he fatally shot ended the threat of a death sentence

Itamar Eichner, Lior Ben Ari | 09.16.26

Egypt sentences TV host to death by hanging over drug trafficking

Court says Mission Impossible’ host Sara Khalifa and 11 others formed an organized crime group producing and trafficking synthetic drugs; more than 750 kg of drugs and raw materials were seized

Lior Ben Ari | 09.05.26

לבנון בוטל עונש מוות המוות הוצאה להורג סיעת חיזבאללה התנגד לביטול נעים קאסם

Lebanon becomes first Arab country to abolish death penalty as Hezbollah votes no

Parliament approves replacing capital punishment with life imprisonment and hard labor after executions had been frozen since 2004; Hezbollah was the only faction to oppose the measure, citing a pending amnesty bill

Lior Ben Ari | 08.11.26

ירון לישינסקי ובת זוגתו שרה מילגרים נרצחו בפיגוע הירי בוושינגטון

Father of Israeli embassy employee murdered in terror attack conflicted about seeking death penalty

'It is difficult to take a person’s life. Religiously, a sin is a sin' says father of Yaron Lischinsky, murdered in a shooting attack last May in Washington DC alongside his partner, Sarah Milgrim; the killer said he did it 'for Palestine, Gaza'

Sharon Kidon | 05.19.26

אסירי נוח'בה. ברוב הדיונים הנאשם לא יהיה נוכח פיזית בבית המשפט | צילום: דוברות שב"ס

Knesset passes law to try Oct. 7 terrorists in historic trials

The law establishes special courts, allows capital punishment for murder and other grave crimes, and bars future prisoner releases; more than 400 suspects may be charged based on extensive evidence gathered during the war

Amir Ettinger, Tova Zimuky | 05.12.26

Military judges, live broadcasts: how Oct. 7 terrorists will be tried

The trials could involve about 350 suspects, special courtrooms near Jerusalem, charges carrying death sentences and new testimony from survivors and victims’ families

Guy Asif | 05.03.26

איתמר בן גביר במליאת הכנסת לאחר ההכרזה על אישור חוק עונש מוות למחבלים עם שמפניה בידו

'Whoever sheds blood': Does Judaism support the death penalty?

The Torah prescribes death for murder, but rabbinic authorities sharply restricted its use, making it rare through strict requirements such as two eyewitnesses and prior warning, even as some rabbis have endorsed capital punishment for terrorists

Shilo Freid | 04.01.26

Moral and strategic failure: Israel’s death penalty law ruins everything and solves nothing

Opinion: populist measure offers the illusion of strength but risks fueling further violence, undermining justice and pushing Israel further into global isolation instead of addressing the root causes of terrorism

Liran Friedmann | 03.31.26

Terrorist death penalty could lead to EU sanctions or suspension of ties, officials warn

Even before the law was passed, the EU conveyed messages to Israel suggesting that advancing the measure could conflict with the EU-Israel Association Agreement, the legal framework governing relations between the sides

Itamar Eichner, Netael Bandel, Einav Halabi, Daniel Edelson, New York | 03.31.26

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