PoliticsChrista Pike's Execution Prolonged; Taken to Hospital After Failed Lethal Injection
Christa Pike's execution for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer was prolonged after two doses of pentobarbital failed to end the process. Witnesses said Pike remained awake 40 minutes after injection, with curtains drawn multiple times as she showed signs of life. Pike was taken to a hospital following the failed execution at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville on September 30.
HT World·3h ago·Nashville




