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BOTCHED EXECUTION The New York Times: Tennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts To Execute Her, Lawyers Say A Tennessee woman convicted of murder survived two doses of lethal injection on Wednesday night before state officials suspended the execution and had her taken to a hospital for medical care, her lawyers said. It was the second botched execution in the state this year. ... It was not immediately clear what went wrong with the administration of the drugs, or what Christa Pike's medical condition was. In a statement late Wednesday, her lawyers said that she was at a nearby hospital but that they did not know her condition. Tennessee officials confirmed to a federal judge late Wednesday that Ms. Pike was receiving medical care. (Cochrane and Marimow, 10/1) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/us/christa-pike-stay-execution-tennessee.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9-MbYscZRnG44R3ZN5a94OqN1eVvWQ701ouHjcc6_a08IGUT9r0GCluj1DUkxm8QKoWr8G03NUoPV5vS6rwJOq9Gb2tQ&_hsmi=442015843&utm_content=442015843&utm_source=hs_email NPR: Tennessee’s Failed Execution Ignites A Medical Ethics Debate In May, a group of healthcare workers spent about an hour trying to establish complete IV access so they could inject Tony Carruthers, an inmate at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, with a lethal dose of sedative. Maria DeLiberato, an attorney for Carruthers, was in the room. She said the workers stuck his arms and feet with needles, to no avail. A doctor then tried to insert a central line through his collarbone and shoulder. That didn't work, either. (Sweeney, 10/30) https://www.npr.org/2026/09/30/nx-s1-5981250/tennessee-execution-tony-carruthers-christa-pike-medical-ethics-lethal-injection?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8LnqWZaLrsRmuTOuAJOddAvSaZgZmInI6azV4DD08y6I3vg_KQY12y8AiSm0wACrHooED2DF97HECg_vfVNMM_Jgv75Q&_hsmi=442015843&utm_content=442015843&utm_source=hs_email