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BOTCHED EXECUTION NBC News: Christa Pike Is In Critical Condition After Failed Execution In Tennessee, Her Lawyers Say Nearly 24 hours after Christa Pike was set to be put to death for a murder she committed when she was 18, she remains alive but in a critical condition and is receiving care, her lawyers said Thursday afternoon. Her prognosis is unclear, said Randall Spivey, one of her lawyers. Neither he nor another lawyer, Stephen Ferrell, who spoke with reporters, said he had seen her in the hospital. “We may never know what all she was suffering through, either because she can’t remember it, she can’t tell it, or it overwhelms her in such a way that, you know, sometimes pain and suffering affects people that way,” Ferrell said. (Cohen and Ortiz, 10/1) https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/christa-pike-critical-condition-failed-execution-tennessee-lawyers-say-rcna600992?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_wMeP20xohRoaXmvEfOUc_RrLFEX0guInrsBy9KcPt9dEcC-VCx0C8at2UufiaGx_-jBsSDMTupskpo1LINGvuE1TI1g&_hsmi=442215183&utm_content=442215183&utm_source=hs_email The New York Times: How Did Christa Pike Survive Two Lethal Injections Of Pentobarbital? The execution team went through at least seven needles trying to find a vein suitable for delivering doses of a lethal drug to Tennessee inmate Christa Pike, her lawyers said on Thursday. Ms. Pike, who survived the botched execution on Wednesday night, was left with blistering and burning around the intravenous insertion sites that the execution team ultimately used to deliver the drug, the lawyers added. (Mueller and Dewan, 10/1) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/science/pike-execution-pentobarbital.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9rVQWccMg0MV1rN_amco_tEuaNUL-OMwfeyRGFYYTXhR5ZTLeNMXq21TkehAN-tA0GNNQjkqhfbNj0I-zNzxlRrXj71A&_hsmi=442215183&utm_content=442215183&utm_source=hs_email The New York Times: Tennessee Botches One Execution After Another, Despite Repeated Warnings The failed attempt with Christa Pike has intensified bipartisan concerns about Tennessee’s ability to effectively carry out lethal injections. (Rojas, 10/2) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/us/tennessee-failed-executions-history.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--j5K08Ve9H0BSfTv-a5tp4lT2Kb1smTFsB33-khIpz76777DCaW6ZOYNMGlYyFTqmQlGuGIzHi5c1L8MDs7MN5hJJbzA&_hsmi=442215183&utm_content=442215183&utm_source=hs_email The Hill: Sen. Marsha Blackburn Calls On Tennessee To ‘Bring Back’ Electric Chair After Botched Christa Pike Execution Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on Thursday called on Tennessee to reintroduce the electric chair for executions after death-row prisoner Christa Pike survived two lethal injections the day before. Blackburn, who is the GOP nominee in the Volunteer State’s gubernatorial race, called the botched execution “tragic” and said it prolonged the grief process for victims in this case. (Davis, 10/1) https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/6124214-marsha-blackburn-christa-pike-botched-execution-tennesseee/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9iIs3jhfcp3hNB2tAnzQIV3ad7YvpBa7SdokqZCVR5uNW1JK7bkRNO2YXUAxx1hf-Pp2iEUWr0Nw5W9O82DZ6FZTi1wQ&_hsmi=442215183&utm_content=442215183&utm_source=hs_email