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The Guardian
Tennessee halts executions after failed lethal injections
Tennessee’s planned execution of Christa Pike was botched when she survived two doses of lethal injection and remained alive for 40 minutes, prompting the governor to suspend all executions in the state pending an independent investigation. Pike, in critical condition in hospital, was convicted of murder in 1994, but the failed attempt raised concerns about execution procedures and transparency. Officials defended the process, while legal and advocacy groups criticized the handling of the incident, marking it as an unprecedented failure in modern execution history.
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