Failed Execution of Christa Pike: How Lethal Injections Are Administered in the States
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
Long before Christa Pike was taken to the execution chamber in Tennessee, prison officials reviewed and approved a backup plan detailing exactly what to do if the first lethal injection attempt failed. However, the backup plan also failed, and on Thursday—24 hours later—Pike remained alive but in critical condition at a Tennessee hospital, with her prognosis still uncertain. It is still unclear what went wrong. Twenty-seven states carry out the death penalty, and there are significant differences in how they administer capital punishment and what parts of that lethal process they keep hidden from public view, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, a nonprofit organization that collects and disseminates information about executions in the United States.
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