Christa Pike: What is agonal breathing, and pentobarbital drug as Tennessee death row inmate survives execution
Christa Pike, Tennessee's only female death row inmate, survived two lethal injections during her execution attempt, according to her lawyers.
Christa Pike, Tennessee's only female death row inmate, survived an execution attempt. Her lawyers reported that she underwent two lethal injections. Pike was convicted and sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of Colleen Slemmer.
The US Supreme Court cleared the way for her execution, overturning a last-minute reprieve. According to the BBC World, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh granted the application to vacate the stay of the execution, with three liberal justices dissenting.
Pike would be the first woman executed in Tennessee in over 200 years if the execution proceeds.
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