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Christa Pike ‘Alive’ After Tennessee Unable To Carry Out Lethal Injection Execution

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OCT 01, 2026 at 04:19 AM EDT

Tennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Gail Pike on Wednesday after the lethal injection process was halted for hours while courts weighed a last-minute appeal. Media witnesses said Pike appeared to receive two doses of pentobarbital before the curtain to the execution chamber was closed. She could be heard loudly snoring for more than an hour before the microphone was cut off. Pike’s lawyers filed an emergency motion with the U.S. Supreme Court late Wednesday seeking to immediately halt and stay the execution, AP reported.

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