UN Calls for Renunciation of New Attempts to Execute a Female Prisoner in the U.S.
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The UN Human Rights Office expressed concern over the increase in executions in the US. The UN pointed to the case of Christa Pike, whose execution was not carried out despite being given two doses of lethal medication; Volker Türk called on Tennessee authorities not to make any further attempts to execute Pike.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said that the case of Christa Pike, the woman who has survived two lethal injection attempts in the United States, highlights the need to abolish the death penalty, and called on the authorities “not to lead to [...] The Volker Türk entry asks the Tennessee authorities not to make another attempt to execute Christa Pike was first published in Information Focus.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, today asked the Tennessee authorities in the United States to renounce further attempts to execute Christa Pike, after the convicted woman survived two lethal injections.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court gave the green light for the execution of the woman for 50 years.
Christa Pike, convicted of murdering a young woman when she was 18, survived two lethal injection attempts in Tennessee
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