# Christa Pike execution fails: What next when a lethal injection is botched?

https://mins.news/en/item/81703

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-01 10:52 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/1/christa-pike-execution-fails-what-next-when-a-lethal-injection-is-botched?traffic_source=rss

> Christa Gail Pike, the only woman on Tennessee’s death row, was taken to hospital after two doses of pentobarbital failed to stop her heart. Her execution proceeded after the US Supreme Court overturned a last-minute stay. Human rights experts called the botched procedure evidence that the death penalty is inhumane, while the article reviews Pike’s murder conviction and legal arguments over her execution method.

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