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Tennessee governor halts all executions after Christa Pike survives two lethal injections

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has halted all executions for the rest of the year after the scheduled execution of Christa Pike was called off late Wednesday night.

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Christa Pike on a ventilator and unconscious after failed Tennessee execution, attorneys sayChrista Pike's attorneys say she was placed on a ventilator in hospital and was unconscious hours after her failed execution in Tennessee. Her lawyers said in a court filing Friday that hospital staff were working to save Pike’s life and clear the pentobarbital from her system as of late Thursday. Pike was given two doses of the drug Wednesday in the…
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