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Tennessee unable to carry out Christa Pike execution, witnesses say
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, convicted of a 1995 murder, according to witnesses at the scene. Pike, the only woman on the state's death row, remained imprisoned as officials abandoned the procedure. Details on the reason for the failure and any next steps in her case were not immediately available.
Why now: The failed execution of the only woman on Tennessee's death row is a rare and significant development in a decades-old capital case.
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- Christa Gail Pike: Tennessee unable to carry out execution by lethal injection for 1995 murder, witnesses say · ABC7 Eyewitness News
- Christa Gail Pike: Tennessee unable to carry out execution by lethal injection for 1995 murder, witnesses say · ABC7 Los Angeles
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