Christa Pike: Timeline of botched TN execution

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Tennessee officials failed to execute Christa Gail Pike on Wednesday for a 1995 murder. Despite administering two doses of a lethal drug, the state was unable to carry out the lethal injection. The process was interrupted by a stay granted by a lower court before the Supreme Court permitted the execution to proceed. A death penalty expert described the incident as an unprecedented failure, marking a botched attempt to put the condemned woman to death.
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