Christa Pike’s Lethal Injection Failed. How Did It Happen?
The failed execution of Christa Pike is not the first time Tennessee has struggled to carry out a death sentence by lethal injection, raising questions about the drug at the center of the procedure and prompting some politicians to consider
Republican Ledger staff · 12:45 PM ET
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The failed execution of Christa Pike is not the first time Tennessee has struggled to carry out a death sentence by lethal injection, raising questions about the drug at the center of the procedure and prompting some politicians to consider alternative forms of execution. Before Pike, no inmate in the modern era of the death ...
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