Calls for US death penalty moratorium grow after botched Tennessee execution
Christa Pike remains in critical condition after Tennessee halted her execution partway through, prompting calls from lawyers, doctors and faith leaders for a halt to capital punishment.
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Tennessee's attempt to execute Christa Pike was halted partway through on Wednesday, leaving her alive but in critical condition and receiving medical care, after the state's governor, Bill Lee, called off the procedure.
Pike had been injected with two full syringes of pentobarbital before the execution was stopped. She is reported to be the only person to have survived being administered a 5mg dose of the sedative, an amount normally considered fatal.
Growing calls for a halt
Lawyers, doctors and members of the faith community are calling for a moratorium on the US death penalty in the wake of the incident, which experts described as "unimaginably barbaric."
The case adds to a recent series of botched executions in US states that carry out capital punishment, intensifying scrutiny of lethal injection procedures nationwide.
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- Calls grow for US death penalty halt after ‘torturous’ botched execution of Christa Pike — The Guardian — World
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