Murderer Christa Pike unconscious, intubated and on a ventilator
The death row inmate remains unconscious and on a ventilator two days after Tennessee's failed execution, with her lawyers revealing that at least seven needles were used and that both her arms were burned and blistered
Christa Pike meditated, then laughed and snored during failed Tennessee execution
Her lawyers say she remains in critical condition and may have suffered brain damage. Tennessee's governor has ordered an independent review and cancelled the state's only other execution this year amid scrutiny of its methods
What is known about the lethal injection that failed to kill Pike: the drug Biden’s administration pulled and the protocol gap
Tennessee's attempt to execute Christa Pike with two doses of pentobarbital failed to kill her, exposing a gap in the state's protocol and reviving scrutiny of a drug the Biden administration had moved to withdraw
