A failed Tennessee execution, traced back to Arizona's prisons by FOX 10 Phoenix
Reporter Jacob Luthi follows Tennessee's corrections commissioner, Frank Strada, back to his years as deputy director of the Arizona Department of Corrections.
FOX 10 PhoenixStory of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 238,998 views a day, 99 times a normal first day on this channel (2,422).
Arizona link in failed Tennessee execution | FOX 10 Phoenix
FOX 10 Phoenix took a story from Tennessee and found the thread that runs to Arizona. The short report, "Arizona link in failed Tennessee execution," passed two hundred thousand views within a day, on a day when the channel as a whole was quieter than usual.
The Tennessee side is laid out plainly. Christa Pike, a death row inmate, survived an execution attempt on Wednesday that involved two doses of pentobarbital and remains unconscious on a ventilator. Her attorney, Randy Spivey, said the state failed to maintain basic human dignity. Gov. Bill Lee has halted all executions through the end of the year while an investigation runs.
The Arizona link is Frank Strada, now Tennessee's corrections commissioner and formerly deputy director of the Arizona Department of Corrections. During his time there, the 2022 executions of Clarence Dixon and Frank Atwood involved prolonged attempts to place an IV. Gov. Katie Hobbs then paused lethal injections and appointed retired federal Judge David Duncan to review them. Duncan concluded the method was not workable, citing the availability of medical staff and the sourcing of drugs, and recommended firing squads before he was removed. Arizona resumed executions in 2025.
The comment section has been far busier than on the channel's usual short, with dozens of times the comments of a typical first day. Many viewers ask the same question: why someone the state was trying to execute would be put on a ventilator. Others return to Duncan's view on lethal injection and the firing squad.
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- Channel
- FOX 10 Phoenix
- Subscribers
- 587,000 ▲ 2,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 3,473,019
- Channel views, pace per day
- 203,650 (on a normal day: 511,435)
- Video published
- October 3, 2026
- Video views so far
- 236,556 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 238,998
The numbers
The figures below show a short news report drawing far more viewers and comments in its first day than this station's videos usually do.
