Christa Pike survives after lethal injection fails twice
Death-row inmate survives two botched lethal injections. The first known case of survival.
Christa Pike, 50, survived a botched execution by lethal injection in Tennessee on Thursday. Prison officials attempted to execute her twice with injections that didn't work.
Pike is the first person known to survive after execution drugs entered her body. Christa Pike was convicted of a murder she committed as a teenager in the 1990s.
Tennessee has suspended all executions for the rest of the year while investigating the incident.
- 50
- Pike's age
- January 1995
- Murder year
Why it mattersThe case raises questions about how lethal injection works. It also raises questions about whether executions can cause cruel suffering.
AustraliaNo direct Australian effect. Australia abolished capital punishment decades ago and does not conduct executions.
Corroborated bytheguardian.com
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