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Death row inmate spared after botched Christa Pike execution killed pal moments after bailing him out

Gary Wayne Sutton, who was scheduled to be executed on Dec. 3, is having his death put on pause after Tennessee Governor Bill Lee halted the death penalty throughout the state until the end of the year.

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What did Christa Pike do? Crime case put her in Tennessee death rowChrista Pike was a student at the Knoxville Job Corps, a federal job training program, when she brutally killed fellow student Colleen Slemmer in 1995.

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Christa Pike Alive; Tennessee Governor Stops ExecutionsTennessee Gov. Bill Lee canceled state executions after Christa Pike, the only woman on the state's death row, survived two lethal injections

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Gov. Bill Lee pauses Gary Sutton execution after Christa Pike fails to dieGov. Bill Lee ordered a review and has paused the other execution scheduled for this year. Gary Wayne Sutton maintains his innocence.

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