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NPR News reports: Media witnesses recount the moments before the execution of Christa Pike was halted Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn. George Walker IV/AP hide caption The botched execution in Tennessee of Christa Pike, who survived despite being subject to two doses of lethal injection on Wednesday, has reignited furious debate about the death penalty in the U.S. Witnesses say Pike, who was strapped to a gurney, was administered a supposedly lethal dose of the barbiturate pentobarbital but after several minutes said her arm was burning and asked if it was supposed to feel that way.
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NPR News reports: Media witnesses recount the moments before the execution of Christa Pike was halted Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn. George Walker IV/AP hide caption The botched execution in Tennessee of Christa Pike, who survived despite being subject to two doses of lethal injection on Wednesday, has reignited furious debate about the death penalty in the U.S. Witnesses say Pike, who was strapped to a gurney, was administered a supposedly lethal dose of the barbiturate pentobarbital but after several minutes said her arm was burning and asked if it was supposed to feel that way.
NPR News reports: Media witnesses recount the moments before the execution of Christa Pike was halted Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn. George Walker IV/AP hide caption The botched execution in Tennessee of Christa Pike, who survived despite being subject to two doses of lethal injection on Wednesday, has reignited furious debate about the death penalty in the U.S. Witnesses say Pike, who was strapped to a gurney, was administered a supposedly lethal dose of the barbiturate pentobarbital but after several minutes said her arm was burning and asked if it was supposed to feel that way.
