Witnesses recount Christa Pike's survival of two lethal injections – video
1:35TennesseeWitnesses recount Christa Pike's survival of two lethal injections – videoChrista Pike, convicted of murdering a classmate, Colleen Slemmer, three decades ago, survived Tennessee's effort to execute her by means of an unprecedented two lethal injections, prison officials said. This was the state's first attempted execution of a woman in 200 years. 'At one point … she said, "my arm feels like it's about to burst open",' said Tori Gessner, a news anchor for ABC affiliate WKRN, who witnessed the attempted execution, before adding 'then she smiles really big'.
- ▪1:35TennesseeWitnesses recount Christa Pike's survival of two lethal injections – videoChrista Pike, convicted of murdering a classmate, Colleen Slemmer, three decades ago, survived Tennessee's effort to execute her by means of an unprecede
- ▪This was the state's first attempted execution of a woman in 200 years.
- ▪'At one point … she said, "my arm feels like it's about to burst open",' said Tori Gessner, a news anchor for ABC affiliate WKRN, who witnessed the attempted execution, before adding 'then she smiles really big'.
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1:35TennesseeWitnesses recount Christa Pike's survival of two lethal injections – videoChrista Pike, convicted of murdering a classmate, Colleen Slemmer, three decades ago, survived Tennessee's effort to execute her by means of an unprecedented two lethal injections, prison officials said. This was the state's first attempted execution of a woman in 200 years. 'At one point … she said, "my arm feels like it's about to burst open",' said Tori Gessner, a news anchor for ABC affiliate WKRN, who witnessed the attempted execution, before adding 'then she smiles really big'. Other journalists present described Pike snoring, exhaling loudly and gasping.
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