Christa Pike: Emergency hearing granted to preserve evidence after botched execution
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is on a ventilator at a Nashville hospital after she was given two lethal injection doses during her failed execution.
Summary by The Nashville Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Brittney Baird, as published by WKRN News 2 (ABC affiliate) · · 1 min read
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is on a ventilator at a Nashville hospital after she was given two lethal injection doses during her failed execution.

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