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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

Tennessee execution descends into chaos: woman still alive after two doses of lethal injection and taken to hospital

Krista Gail Pike's heart was still beating after two doses of pentobarbital, and her lawyers called for medical intervention to save her life