Tennessee unable to execute Christa Pike after she survives two lethal injection doses
Pike, sentenced to death over a 1995 murder, was reportedly heard snoring 40 minutes after the lethal doses were administered, according to witnesses.
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Tennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Pike despite administering two doses of a lethal injection drug, according to the Guardian, citing her lawyers.
Pike, who was sentenced to death over a murder committed in 1995, was reportedly heard snoring around 40 minutes after the lethal doses were administered, according to witnesses present at the scene.
Her attorneys said she was subsequently taken to hospital by ambulance. Speaking to a local news station, they said: “This has turned into agony and a violation of Pike's right to be executed free of cruel and unusual punishment.”
The case has drawn significant attention in part because Pike is one of only a small number of women to have been sentenced to death in the United States. It remains unclear how Tennessee authorities intend to proceed following the failed execution attempt.
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- Tennessee woman on death row taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injections — The Guardian — World
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