# The double standards of a failed execution

https://mins.news/en/item/84590

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-03 11:32 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/10/3/the-double-standards-of-a-failed-execution?traffic_source=rss

> The article uses the failed lethal injection of 50-year-old Christa Pike in Tennessee to challenge what it portrays as Western double standards on executions. Pike was convicted of killing a fellow student at 18 and had a history of sexual abuse and mental illness. Her lawyers called the botched execution “chemical torture”. The piece also criticises wrongful convictions, racial disparities and capital punishment as a tool of social control in the US.

## Stories

- [Tennessee Lethal Injection Failure](https://mins.news/en/topic/tennessee-christa-gail-pike-execution-failure) — Markdown: https://mins.news/en/topic/tennessee-christa-gail-pike-execution-failure.md

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