Christa Pike execution failure spares murderer who bailed victim out just to kill him
Gary Wayne Sutton's Dec. 3 execution is on hold after Tennessee's botched lethal injection of Christa Pike prompted Gov. Bill Lee to halt deaths.
TL;DR
- Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has halted all executions for the rest of the year.
- The halt was prompted by a botched lethal injection attempt for Christa Pike.
- Gary Wayne Sutton's execution, scheduled for December 3rd, is now on hold.
- Sutton was convicted in the 1992 murders of Tommy Griffin and Connie Branam.
- Christa Pike's execution failure was the second in Tennessee this year, following a similar incident in May.
- Pike is reportedly the first person to have survived a lethal injection attempt.