Calls grow for US death penalty halt after ‘torturous’ botched execution of Christa Pike
Pike was receiving life-saving medical care after her botched execution attempt on Wednesday. Photograph: J Miles Cary/ReutersView image in fullscreenChrista Pike in this 2007 picture. She is the only person to have survived being administered 5mg of the sedative – a massive dose that under normal circumstances is considered fatal.An hour after the first injection was given, she was overheard by eyewitnesses to be still breathing, choking and struggling, and was found to have a heartbeat.
- ▪Pike was receiving life-saving medical care after her botched execution attempt on Wednesday.
- ▪Photograph: J Miles Cary/ReutersView image in fullscreenChrista Pike in this 2007 picture.
- ▪She is the only person to have survived being administered 5mg of the sedative – a massive dose that under normal circumstances is considered fatal.An hour after the first injection was given, she was overheard by eyewitnesses to be still b
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| Publication time | Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:00:16 GMT |
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Christa Pike in this 2007 picture. Pike was receiving life-saving medical care after her botched execution attempt on Wednesday. Photograph: J Miles Cary/ReutersView image in fullscreenChrista Pike in this 2007 picture. Pike was receiving life-saving medical care after her botched execution attempt on Wednesday. Photograph: J Miles Cary/ReutersTennesseeCalls grow for US death penalty halt after ‘torturous’ botched execution of Christa PikePike alive but in critical condition as experts call ordeal that unfolded in Tennessee Wednesday ‘unimaginably barbaric’Ed PilkingtonFri 2 Oct 2026 05.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleTop lawyers, doctors and members of the faith community are calling for a moratorium on the US death penalty after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute Christa Pike…
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