Reposted by Chris Casciano
Legal experts say Christa Pike is the first person in the United States to survive one dose — let alone two — of lethal injection drugs.
“There is nothing in the execution process that states are incapable of getting wrong,” said one death penalty expert.
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Why Tennessee’s Botched Death Row Execution Could Happen Anywhere
The complications behind Tennessee’s failed execution of Christa Pike aren’t uncommon — and show how easily another botched execution could occur, even as others are planned soon in Texas and Florida.