# Tennessee's execution attempt on Christa Pike fails

https://mins.news/en/video/81581

- Reuters, 2026-10-01 09:20 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTPf3HtAUHk

> Christa Pike, convicted of murdering a schoolmate three decades ago, survived Tennessee's attempt to execute her by lethal injection. The failure thwarted the state's first attempt in two centuries to put a woman to death.

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