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Why botched lethal injections are becoming more common

The botch rate has climbed to about 8% since 2010, as drug shortages and untrained staff push states toward firing squads and nitrogen hypoxia.

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By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The failed execution of Christa Pike Wednesday night in Tennessee wasn’t the first time a lethal injection didn’t go as planned. It wasn’t even the first time this year in the state of Tennessee. “The incidence of people surviving executions has certainly increased as states have encountered more difficulties

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Why botched lethal injections are becoming more common

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The failed execution of Christa Pike Wednesday night in Tennessee wasn’t the first time a lethal injection didn’t go as planned.It wasn’t even the first time this year in the state of Tennessee.“The incidence of people surviving executions has certainly increased as states have encountered more difficulties with lethal

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KIFI broke the news in Idaho Falls, United States on Friday, October 2, 2026.
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