PoliticsLethal Injection Fails Twice; Tennessee Inmate Hospitalized
At Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, death row inmate Christa Gail Pike survived two doses of lethal injection during an execution attempt. Pike, set to be Tennessee's first woman executed in over 200 years, remained conscious with a heartbeat after pentobarbital administration. She was rushed to a hospital and is under intensive care. Governor Bill Lee ordered an independent investigation into the failure.
News18 World·1h ago·Nashville




