Timeline of Wednesday's Events Leading to Christa Pike's Botched Execution
Officials say two lethal-injection syringes failed to stop Pike’s heart, and Gov. Bill Lee ordered an investigation into the execution procedure.
- On Wednesday, Tennessee officials failed to execute death row inmate Christa Pike at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville after the execution team struggled to administer lethal pentobarbital, leaving Pike alive and hospitalized.
- Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old classmate Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville; accomplice Tadaryl Shipp and Pike tortured and killed Slemmer after luring her to the woods.
- Staff reportedly used at least seven needles attempting to establish intravenous lines during the attempted execution, and attorney Randy Spivey stated that Pike complained her arm felt "about to burst open."
- Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee ordered an investigation into the failed procedure as Pike remains in critical condition receiving "life-saving medical care," marking the first time in 206 years a woman was scheduled for execution.
- President Donald Trump called the failed execution an "interesting situation" when asked about capital punishment changes, while an independent review four years ago found Tennessee had failed to follow its own execution protocols.
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Westfalenpost
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The Independent
The Independent (US)Christa Pike latest: Trump breaks silence on botched execution
Pike was due to be the first woman put to death in the state in more than 200 years
Christa Pike resisted the two lethal injections she was given in her execution process.
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