Christa Pike case underscores prevalence of botched executions in US
- The botched execution of Christa Pike has sparked debate about the death penalty in the United States, where lethal injections, experts say, are frequently marred by mishaps and incompetence.
- The attempted execution of Pike, a woman sentenced to death for her participation in the murder of a classmate when she was 18 years old, was called off after two doses of pentobarbital failed to kill her on September 30.
- Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Christa Pike was nearly taken off life support before waking, lawyers saylist 2 of 3Christa Pike is awake after surviving execution: What happ
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- The botched execution of Christa Pike has sparked debate about the death penalty in the United States, where lethal injections, experts say, are frequently marred by mishaps and incompetence.
- The attempted execution of Pike, a woman sentenced to death for her participation in the murder of a classmate when she was 18 years old, was called off after two doses of pentobarbital failed to kill her on September 30.
- Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Christa Pike was nearly taken off life support before waking, lawyers saylist 2 of 3Christa Pike is awake after surviving execution: What happ
Sources: Al Jazeera