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Christa Pike conscious and speaking after botched execution in US
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is awake and speaking at a hospital, her lawyers said Tuesday, six days after the state’s failed attempt to execute her by lethal injection left her unconscious and on a ventilator. Pike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbital as executioners attempted to put
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Most outlets center on the same basic update: attorneys say Christa Pike is conscious, awake or speaking after Tennessee’s failed execution attempt. The BBC and The Hill add extra emphasis on how unusual her survival is, while 60 Minutes is the outlier in foregrounding a doctor’s warning to her lawyers that the execution could be cruel and painful. The Independent alone highlights praise from her attorneys for first responders and hospital staff.
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