What we know about Tennessee's botched execution of Christa Pike
Christa Pike, the only woman on Tennessee's death row, was scheduled to be executed for a 1995 murder—the state's first execution of a woman in over 200 years. Her lawyers argued she deserved clemency, though Pike herself refused a last meal. The governor declined to stop the execution, but it failed when officials were unable to carry out the lethal injection despite administering two doses. Following this, the governor halted further executions.
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4 developments- Sep 26Christa Pike to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years - but her defence say she's a victim too
- Sep 28Tennessee’s only woman on death row, 1st to be executed in 200 years, refuses last meal
- Sep 28Tennessee governor declines to halt execution of state's lone woman on death row
- Sep 30Tennessee governor halts executions after Christa Gail Pike survives lethal injection attempt
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