# Tennessee governor halts executions after inmate survives lethal injection attempt

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- The Associated Press, 2026-10-01 05:20 UTC
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- Original: https://bit.ly/3TBZ1uF

> Media witnesses said Tennessee officials were unable to execute Christa Gail Pike on Wednesday. Pike was sentenced to death for a 1995 murder, but the lethal-injection attempt did not succeed, prompting the governor to halt executions.

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