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Tennessee halts execution of woman after two failed lethal injections
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Tennessee prison officials stopped the execution of death row inmate Christa Pike after two attempts at lethal injection failed, with witnesses reporting she was still alive and snoring as the procedure was halted. NBC News described the scene as 'a mess', while the BBC and The Guardian reported that the unprecedented failure has prompted sharp criticism of the state's lethal injection protocols and renewed debate over capital punishment in the United States.
Why now: A botched execution of a woman, reportedly the first of its kind in modern US history, is a rare and shocking event drawing intense scrutiny of the death penalty.
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- ‘It was a mess’: Tennessee fails to execute woman after 2 lethal injections · NBC News
- US death row inmate survives execution attempt after two lethal injections · BBC
- Tennessee woman ‘snoring’ and still alive as execution halted, witnesses say · The Guardian
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