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Tennessee Execution Fails as Christa Pike Survives Lethal Injection
Christa Pike, the only woman on death row in Tennessee, survived her scheduled lethal injection after the execution failed, according to widespread reports. Pike was convicted in the 1995 murder of fellow student Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville. The development is drawing intense discussion about how the execution could go wrong and renewed scrutiny of Tennessee's death penalty procedures.
Why now: A failed execution of a death row inmate is a rare and shocking event raising questions about the state's capital punishment process.
Christa PikeTennesseeColleen SlemmerKnoxville
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