Convicted killer Christa Pike is hospitalized in Tennessee after surviving two separate lethal injection attempts during an execution attempt. The rare procedural failure has drawn sudden focus to state capital punishment methods and raised immediate legal questions regarding capital punishment protocols. Pike remains under
Questions Remain After Tennessee Inmate Survives Repeated Attempts at Execution
By Chronicle Newsroom · · Source: BBC News
The convicted killer is in hospital in Tennessee after surviving two lethal injections, in a case that has raised many questions.
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