# ‘It was a mess’: Tennessee fails to execute inmate after 2 lethal injections

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- NBC News, 2026-10-01 07:50 UTC
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- Original: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/-was-mess-tennessee-fails-execute-inmate-2-lethal-injections-rcna600863

> Tennessee failed to carry out the planned execution of Christa Pike, the only woman on the state’s death row, after two lethal injections on Wednesday. The development came after the Supreme Court had intervened to allow the execution to proceed.

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