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Christa Pike’s legal team asked for death by hanging instead of lethal injection before failed execution in Tennessee

Christa Pike’s legal team asked for death by hanging instead of lethal injection before failed execution in Tennessee
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What This Story Is About Before Christa Pike’s attempted execution, her attorneys challenged Tennessee’s lethal injection process and asked that, if the state proceeded with execution, it use hanging instead. Why It Matters Pike’s legal team cited her blood disorder, concerns about obtaining IV a...

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