Tennessee Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Two Lethal Injections, Witnesses Say
Tennessee inmate Christa Pike was still awake and snoring nearly an hour after she appeared to receive two doses of pentobarbital on Wednesday, just hours after the Supreme Court permitted the execution to proceed.
TL;DR
- Christa Pike, scheduled for execution, remained awake and snoring nearly an hour after receiving two doses of pentobarbital.
- Lawyers filed emergency motions citing "unnecessary agony" and insufficient consideration of childhood abuse allegations.
- The Supreme Court allowed the execution to proceed, overturning a stay from the 6th Circuit.
- Pike was convicted of the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer, which involved torture and the carving of a pentagram.
- Pike was set to be the first woman executed in Tennessee in over 200 years.