Yes. On September 30, 2026, Tennessee attempted to carry out the execution of Christa Pike, the only woman on the state’s death row, after the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a temporary appeals-court stay. According to filings by her lawyers and accounts from media witnesses, officials administered two syringes of lethal-injection chemicals, but Pike remained alive, was heard snoring and complaining of pain, and was later taken to an off-site medical facility.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee ordered a comprehensive third-party review of what occurred and said the state’s remaining scheduled execution for 2026 would not go forward. The Tennessee Department of Correction said it followed the state’s approved protocol.
Source: NBC News — “‘It was a mess’: Tennessee fails to execute woman after 2 lethal injections”