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US murderer Christa Pike unconscious and on ventilator after failed execution, lawyers say

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike was unconscious, intubated and on a ventilator on Thursday night, after authorities failed to execute her by lethal injection, her lawyers say in court filings.

  • Christa Pike, 50, unconscious after failed execution in Tennessee
  • Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital during botched execution
  • Lawyers seek sentence commutation, demand evidence preservation

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