# Inmate ‘angry and confused’ after botched execution

https://mins.news/en/item/90687

- NBC News, 2026-10-07 23:08 UTC
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- Original: https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/inmate-angry-and-confused-after-botched-execution-271218245515

> Christa Pike, the death-row inmate at the center of a failed execution in Tennessee, woke up and began speaking. Her attorneys explained why the moment shocked them.

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