Christa Pike botched execution: How lethal injection is used in death penalty

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What happened

Christa Gail Pike, 50, survived Tennessee’s first attempted execution of a woman in about two centuries after two doses of pentobarbital were administered for the murder of classmate Colleen Slemmer in 1995…

Key facts

  • Christa Gail Pike, 50, survived Tennessee’s first attempted execution of a woman in about two centuries after two doses of pentobarbital were administered for the murder of classmate Colleen Slemmer in 1995…
  • Reported by The Hindu and published Fri, 02 Oct 2026 05:17:20 UTC.

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  1. Christa Pike botched execution: How lethal injection is used in death penalty

  2. Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike on ventilator, attorneys say

  3. US murderer Christa Pike unconscious and on ventilator after failed execution, lawyers say

  4. Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator after botched execution: Lawyers

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