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At least seven needles were used to administer the lethal injection doses into Pike’s arm over the course of an hour, said one of her lawyers, who witnessed the failed execution attempt.
A lawyer for the death row inmate Christa Pike said she was in critical condition and receiving lifesaving medical care Thursday, a day after Tennessee's failed attempt to execute her. Pike survived two doses of the lethal drug pentobarbital in what was the state's second bungled execution this year.
Tennessee’s Governor Bill Lee has halted executions for the remainder of the year after a death row prisoner survived two lethal injections on Wednesday. According to her lawyers, Christa Pike was still breathing after she was strapped to a gurney and injected with two syringes of pentobarbital in a botched execution…