May Martinez
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Failed Tennessee execution renews the debate over death penalty methods
NASHVILLE, Tenn. | Tennessee officials haven’t explained yet what went wrong during the failed execution of Christa Pike, which was called off after she was given two doses of the drug meant to kill her. It wasn’t clear if Pike was still alive on Thursday. She could be heard snoring loudly in the execution chamber […]
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Christa Pike is alive a day after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her, her lawyers say
NASHVILLE, Tenn. | Christa Pike remained alive and was receiving “lifesaving care” at a hospital, her lawyers said Thursday, a day after she survived a failed attempt to execute her for the 1995 murder during what Tennessee’s governor called a “deeply disturbing” incident. Pike is in critical condition at the hospital where she was taken […]