The first execution of a female prisoner in the state in 200 years was stopped

Pike, the state's first female inmate to be executed in 200 years, was injected with two doses of the lethal drug pentobarbital at Riverbend Maximum Security Prison. Despite this, his lawyers took immediate action for Pike, who did not die and continued to breathe loudly and snore in the room.

Defense lawyers; He immediately stopped the execution on the grounds that the vascular lines burst, the drug had insufficient effect, and there was a lack of urgent medical intervention. After the execution was halted, Pike was taken to the hospital by ambulance, unconscious. Medical experts reported that Pike may have suffered permanent brain damage due to the insufficient dose and that he was kept alive with emergency intervention in the hospital. Pike was convicted of torturing and murdering 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, whom he met at a job training camp when he was 18 years old.

Investigation started