@iamstevenhale.bsky.social
Nashville Banner criminal justice / public safety reporter. “Death Row Welcomes You” author. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676743/death-row-welcomes-you-by-steven-hale/
@iamstevenhale.bsky.socialI hadn’t thought of it this way but once you do this seems like it might be one of the most important facts about our culture atm.
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialReposted by @iamstevenhale.bsky.socialChrista Pike has been discharged from the hospital and brought back to the women’s prison in Nashville where she was incarcerated for more than 30 years before her failed execution.
@iamstevenhale.bsky.socialChrista Pike has been discharged from the hospital and taken back to the women’s prison in Nashville where she was incarcerated before her failed execution.
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialReposted by @iamstevenhale.bsky.socialOn this week’s episode of After Deadline, @iamstevenhale.bsky.social and @stelliott.bsky.social talk about DC Blox, Daron Hall, the Metro Council and the streamside salamander.
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialReposted by @iamstevenhale.bsky.socialIn November, Tennessee voters will decide whether to expand the list of alleged offenses for which a person can be kept in jail without the right to bail while they await trial.
@iamstevenhale.bsky.socialBuddy, they won’t even let me make the whole podcast about the no-longer-endangered streamside salamander.
@iamstevenhale.bsky.socialMore seriously, Marisa has been very kind and I really appreciate that she wanted to talk through everything so thoughtfully. Please support her work and thanks to her for supporting ours.
@iamstevenhale.bsky.socialMe interviewing someone: “man this person really won’t stop talking” Me being interviewed: *doesn’t stop talking*
@marisakabas.bsky.socialReposted by @iamstevenhale.bsky.socialMy conversation with @iamstevenhale.bsky.social ended up being much more in-depth than expected, so in a Handbasket first, I published the full audio of our interview so you can hear the parts not captured in print.
It’s like, a half Rogan long. Listen here (+ excuse the shoddy audio):
@marisakabas.bsky.socialReposted by @iamstevenhale.bsky.socialNEW: When Christa Pike became the first person to survive multiple lethal injections, witnesses at the prison that day suddenly became a part of history.
I spoke with @iamstevenhale.bsky.social of Nashville Banner about the things he saw in the execution chamber—and the things he could only hear:
@iamstevenhale.bsky.socialI've thought about the case and execution of Lisa Montgomery in the past couple of weeks, as well as the execution of Daniel Lewis, who was strapped to a gurney for four hours before he was finally killed. theintercept.com/2020/08/02/f...
@iamstevenhale.bsky.socialIf you have the time and energy at the moment, Liliana's podcast conversation with @chrislhayes.bsky.social about the 2020 federal execution spree is worth listening to. podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/1...
@rainmaker1973-m.bsky.socialReposted by @iamstevenhale.bsky.socialNASA released onboard video of Artemis II's reentry through Earth's atmosphere. Top speed: about 25,000 mph.
@iamstevenhale.bsky.socialAttorneys say Pike is "walking with some assistance" today, eating a regular diet and "regaining movement and strength" in her arms 8 days after she survived her scheduled execution in Nashville.
@iamstevenhale.bsky.socialChrista Pike’s attorneys have just released an update on her condition. Full release here:
@iamstevenhale.bsky.socialQuick story in honor of @nashvillescene.com’s Best of Nashville issue out now.
@nashvillescene.comReposted by @iamstevenhale.bsky.socialThe Scene's annual Best of Nashville issue has landed! Check out all of the 2026 readers' poll and writers' choice winners now. Illustration by Katie Turner. https://www.nashvillescene.com/bon/2026
@jamespmcleod.caReposted by @iamstevenhale.bsky.socialIngrid Carlberg, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, said the author was in Iceland “listening to the wind” when the academy reached her to notify her of the win.
@jdunlevy.bsky.socialReposted by @iamstevenhale.bsky.socialWhat a leader and incredible life; R.I.P.: “Margaret Hamilton, who led the 100-person team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, guiding Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to a safe landing on the moon, died Sept. 30 in Cambridge, Mass. She was 90.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...
@taniel.bsky.socialReposted by @iamstevenhale.bsky.socialTragic news: Curtis Flowers, who faced an extraordinarily ordeal by being prosecuted six times for the same crime by a Mississippi DA over decades before SCOTUS sided with him in 2019, just died at 56. Flowers' case was core to the 'In the Dark' podcast.
