Tennessee Suspends Executions After Botched Lethal Injection of Christa Pike
Tennessee's governor has halted all executions through the end of the year and ordered an independent inquiry after witnesses said condemned inmate Christa Pike remained awake and snoring long after lethal drugs were administered.
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Tennessee's governor has suspended all executions in the state until at least the end of the year after a lethal injection attempt on death row inmate Christa Pike failed to proceed as expected, according to a report from The Guardian.
Witnesses at the execution chamber in Nashville said Pike, who was convicted of murder, remained awake and was snoring loudly roughly 40 minutes after officials administered two doses of the sedative pentobarbital, the drug used in the state's lethal injection protocol.
Following the botched attempt on Wednesday night, the governor ordered an independent inquiry into what went wrong and paused all scheduled executions while that review is carried out.
The case has renewed scrutiny of lethal injection protocols in Tennessee, part of a broader pattern of difficulties states have faced in recent years in administering the procedure as intended.
It is not yet clear when executions in the state might resume or what changes to protocol could result from the inquiry's findings. Authorities have not released further details on the state of the inquiry.
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- Tennessee governor suspends all executions after Christa Pike’s lethal injections fail — The Guardian — World
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