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Inmate Taken to Hospital After Execution Attempt

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Death-Row Inmate Taken to Hospital After Execution Attempt, Tennessee Accidentally Introduces Capital Punishment With Aftercare Revolutionary New Execution Program Now Includes Emergency Medical Services NASHVILLE, Tennessee | Tennessee’s attempt to execute death-row inmate Christa Pike entered previously unexplored territory Wednesday when the evening reportedly concluded not at the morgue but at a hospital, establishing what healthcare economists are calling America’s first full-service execution-and-recovery package. Pike received two doses of pentobarbital during the attempted…

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Christa Pike Survives Two Lethal Injections

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Christa Pike Survives Two Lethal Injections, State Insists Procedure Worked Exactly as Designed Except for the Dying Part Tennessee Discovers Successful Government Procedure Does Not Necessarily Require Successful Result NASHVILLE, Tennessee | Tennessee officials were confronted Wednesday evening with one of the most dangerous substances known to modern government: an outcome. Death-row inmate Christa Pike remained alive after receiving two doses of pentobarbital during an attempted execution at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, eventually being…