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Tennessee Execution of Christa Pike Reportedly Botched
Original: What Did Christa Pike Do? What to Know About the Botched Tennessee Execution.
Tennessee carried out the execution of Christa Pike, who was convicted of a 1995 murder committed when she was a teenager, and the procedure is being described as botched. Pike is the only woman on death row in Tennessee, and questions are being raised about what went wrong during the process and how it was carried out.
Why now: A botched execution involving a high-profile female death row inmate is drawing fresh scrutiny of the death penalty in Tennessee.
Evidence
- What Did Christa Pike Do? What to Know About the Botched Tennessee Execution. · The New York Times
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