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Christa Pike was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in Tennessee. Her execution was scheduled but resulted in a botched lethal injection procedure.
A condemned female murderer who survived two lethal injections during a botched execution by the US state of Tennessee was in critical condition and receiving “life-saving care”, her lawyer said on Thursday.
In an extraordinary chain of events, Christa Pike, 50, was whisked from a prison execution chamber to a hospital Wednesday night, still alive despite two deadly doses of pentobarbital.
“What we have been told is that she is in critical condition, receiving life-saving care,” Randy Spivey said in a virtual news conference Thursday afternoon, declining to provide further details.
He urged Governor Bill Lee, who had denied a clemency request earlier in the week, to scrap Pike’s death sentence.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Governor Bill Lee will face increased pressure to commute Christa Pike's death sentence
Likely · Within days
Tennessee will review its lethal injection protocols following this botched execution
Very likely · Within weeks

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