Tennessee halts woman's execution after 'failed' attempt
Christa Pike was found alive and snoring, despite being administered two injections of a lethal drug. The state governor has ordered a review of the botched execution.
The execution of Christa Gail Pike, a 50-year-old woman convicted of a murder committed when she was 18, has been halted in Tennessee after a failed attempt. Authorities were unable to carry out the lethal injection on Wednesday at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, despite administering two doses of pentobarbital. Pike was found breathing and reportedly snoring after the procedure, leading to her transfer to a hospital for treatment.
She was the first woman to be executed in Tennessee in over 200 years. Governor Bill Lee announced a comprehensive review into the incident, stating that executions will not be carried out this year. Pike's attorneys argued that she suffered unnecessary agony and that the execution violated her rights to cruel and unusual punishment.
This is the second failed execution in Tennessee this year, following Tony Carruthers' failed lethal injection in May.
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