4 articles from CBS News, Japan Times, NBC News.
Death row inmate Christa Pike was scheduled to die by lethal injection on Wednesday night in Tennessee, but the procedure failed and she is still alive. Her attorneys say she is in critical condition and is receiving life-saving medical care. Bo King, the attorney for Brad…
Christa Pike would have been the first woman put to death in the U.S. state of Tennessee in more than 200 years.
In her final statement before her botched execution, convicted killer Christa Pike said she was ready to die, "ready to be free." But instead, she survived two doses of a supposedly lethal drug, in the second failed execution in Tennessee this year. Skyler Henry reports.
Tennessee gave death row inmate Christa Pike two doses of a lethal drug, but somehow she survived. NBC News’ Jesse Kirsch reports.
