Witnesses describe hearing Pike complain about pain in her arm, followed by sounds of breathing and snoring for almost an hour before she was taken to hospital.
Independent inquiry ordered after halted execution of Pike, who was convicted of murderTennessee’s governor has suspended all executions in the state until at least the end of the year and ordered an independent inquiry after a botched attempt to put a condemned inmate to death on Wednesday night.Witnesses at the execution chamber in Nashville said Christa…
Her attorney said the failed execution amounted to “torture,” and he called for her death sentence to be commuted.
Lethal injections are under scrutiny after Christa Pike survived two rounds of drugs during Tennessee's failed attempt to execute her.Why it matters: Lethal injection has been the dominant U.S. execution method for decades, accounting for roughly 89% of the 1,683 executions carried out since 1976, per the Death Penalty Information Center.Driving the news:…
In May, officials called off the lethal injection of Tony Carruthers, after failing to place an IV.
In May, officials called off the lethal injection of Tony Carruthers, after failing to place an IV.
The botched execution in Tennessee of Christa Pike – who survived despite being subject to two doses of lethal injection on Wednesday – has reignited furious debate about the death penalty in the U.S.
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 ...
