After two doses of lethal pentobarbital, Pike was still agonizing. This lasted for over an hour. Pike is still alive.
This was the SECOND botched execution in the Tennessee this year.
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Tennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say
Christa Pike was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995. It was not clear what went wrong in the execution or what her current medical condition was.
