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Tennessee unable to carry out execution by lethal injection of Christa Gail Pike, witnesses say

Tennessee unable to carry out execution by lethal injection of Christa Gail Pike, witnesses say
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials were unable to put Christa Gail Pike to death Wednesday for a 1995 murder after administering two doses of a lethal drug. A death penalty expert said it was an unprecedented failure. Pike was alive and loudly snoring after the attempted lethal injection...

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