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ABC News and The Gateway Pundit describe the same event in different terms.
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Mostly Same. The left frames it as "Christa Pike ‘on a ventilator and unconscious’ after failed execution". The right frames it as "Christa Pike Unconscious and on Ventilator After Botched Execution".
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The stunning failure in Tennessee’s execution chamber on Wednesday has left both sides of the death penalty debate demanding answers.
Christa Pike, 50, was sentenced to death after being convicted of the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer.
The convicted killer’s lawyers said they believed problems with the IV lines caused the pentobarbital to flow into Pike’s body instead of her bloodstream.
The convicted killer’s lawyers said they believed problems with the IV lines caused the pentobarbital to flow into Pike’s body instead of her bloodstream.
Christa Pike is unconscious and on a ventilator after a botched execution late Wednesday evening, her attorneys said.
Tennessee is facing criticism after the failed execution of Christa Pike.
Christa Pike’s failed execution followed other death penalty miscues in Tennessee, which performs just a fraction of the nation’s executions but is now halting them for a second time since...
Tennessee is facing criticism after the failed execution of Christa Pike
Tennessee is facing criticism after the failed execution of Christa Pike. The state carries out few executions but has had more errors than others with higher execution rates.
Christa Pike, who would've been the first woman in more than 200 years to be put to death by the state, was still alive after two lethal injections on Wednesday.
While Pike's case of surviving two doses of the lethal injection drug is unprecedented, the lifesaving measures Tennessee took to save the death row inmate's life aren't.
The lawyers accused Correction Department officials of shrugging off prior warnings that pre-existing medical conditions would make placing IV lines especially difficult.