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Tennessee governor halts state's remaining execution after Christa Gail Pike survives lethal injection attempt

Tennessee governor halts state's remaining execution after Christa Gail Pike survives lethal injection attempt
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Pike, 50, was alive and loudly snoring after the attempted lethal injection and taken by ambulance from the prison, her attorneys said. She was being treated at a hospital, but they said they hadn’t been told about her condition.

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