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Tennessee fails to carry out lethal injection execution of Christa Gail Pike
Original: Christa Gail Pike: Tennessee unable to carry out execution by lethal injection for 1995 murder, witnesses say
Tennessee was unable to carry out the lethal injection execution of Christa Gail Pike, who was convicted of a 1995 murder, according to witnesses at the scene. Corrections officials halted the procedure after being unable to establish intravenous access. Pike, a former death row inmate whose case drew attention because she was one of the few women sentenced to death in the state, remains on death row as questions mount over the state's execution protocols.
Why now: The failed execution of a rare female death row inmate raises fresh controversy over Tennessee's lethal injection procedures.
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- Christa Gail Pike: Tennessee unable to carry out execution by lethal injection for 1995 murder, witnesses say · ABC7 Eyewitness News
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