Tennessee woman on death row taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injections

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Left · Published: Thu, 01 Oct 2026 03:53:11 GMT

Christa Pike, sentenced to death over 1995 murder, was heard snoring 40 minutes after lethal doses administered, witnesses saidTennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Pike despite her being administered two doses of a lethal injection drug, her lawyers said, adding that she had been taken to hospital in an ambulance.Her attorneys told a local news station “this has turned into agony and a violation of Pike’s right to be executed free of cruel and unusual punishment.” Continue reading...

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