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Chaos in Tennessee as Christa Pike survives two doses of lethal injection

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The Independent UK · Oct 1

When Is Christa Pike's Execution? Tennessee Fails to Complete Lethal Injection After Supreme Court Ruling

The US Supreme Court has overturned a last-minute stay, allowing Tennessee to proceed with Christa Pike's execution, which would make her the state's first executed woman in more than 200 years.

International Business Times UK · Oct 1

Christa Pike latest: Satanic killer laughed and sang Buddhist chant during botched execution, witness says

Pike was due to be the first woman put to death in the state in more than 200 years but survived lethal injection Wednesday, leaving her in critical condition in hospital

The Independent UK · Oct 1

US Supreme Court clears way for Tennessee execution of woman for murder

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for Tennessee to execute Christa Pike, 50, the state's first woman put to death in 200 years. The ruling came hours after a federal appeals court temporarily halted the lethal injection to consider claims that Pike's childhood sexual abuse was not…

France 24 · Sep 30

Blackburn sues Jack Smith over phone records

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., sued former special counsel Jack Smith on Wednesday, alleging that his prosecution of the president also unconstitutionally pulled in her records as a member of Congress. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, moves a political fight over the…

Roll Call · Sep 30

Christa Pike’s Tennessee execution halted an hour before lethal injection; would have been first woman put to death in 200 years

Christa Pike's execution was halted on Wednesday, an hour before she was due to receive a lethal injection in Tennessee, after a federal appeals court agreed to review whether evidence of her childhood sexual abuse had been properly considered when she was sentenced to death.

The Times of India · Sep 30

Tennessee court saves Christa Gail Pike an hour before execution: Who is she and why she is being called a 'Satanic killer'?

A Tennessee court has halted Christa Gail Pike's execution just moments before it was set to begin. Pike, on death row for the 1995 murder of her classmate Colleen Slemmer, faces renewed scrutiny as judges examine allegations of severe childhood sexual abuse. Her supporters argue that her mental health issues…

The Economic Times · Sep 30

Tennessee woman on death row taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injections

Christa Pike, sentenced to death over 1995 murder, was heard snoring after lethal doses administered, say witnesses

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30

Christa Pike’s execution halted by appeals court an hour before it was set to take place

Pike, now 50, was scheduled to be executed Wednesday morning by lethal injection at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville

The Independent UK · Sep 30

Tennessee woman opened her Popeyes box and found a disgusting surprise. The manager’s response made it even worse: ‘if you got an air fryer’

The replacement came with a catch

We Got This Covered · Sep 30