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SocietyWhat happened in Tennessee’s failed execution of Christa Pike?

Christa Pike was expected to become Tennessee’s first woman executed in 200 years, but she survived two lethal injections on Wednesday. Convicted in 1996 of torturing and murdering a classmate with her boyfriend and another friend, Pike’s execution is examined by anesthesiologist Dr. Joel Zivot, who explains why “everything went wrong.”

CCBC News 2026-10-02 00:46