PoliticsWitnesses Describe Christa Pike's Botched Execution in Tennessee
Witnesses to Christa Pike's execution in Tennessee reported a chaotic scene after two rounds of the lethal drug pentobarbital failed to stop her breathing. Pike, 50, the first woman to be executed in Tennessee in over 200 years, asked if the burning pain she felt was normal. The execution was halted, and she was taken to a hospital. The event occurred at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution after the US Supreme Court lifted her stay.
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