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Many states have backup execution plans, but failures still happen
Long before Christa Pike was brought into Tennessee’s execution chamber, prison leaders reviewed and approved a backup plan detailing exactly what to do if the first attempt at lethal injection failed. But the backup plan also failed, and Thursday — 24 hours later — Pike was still alive but in crit...
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What happenedMany states have backup execution plans, but failures still happen.
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Many states have backup execution plans, but failures still happen
Long before Christa Pike was brought into Tennessee’s execution chamber, prison leaders reviewed and approved a backup plan detailing exactly what to do if the first attempt at lethal injec...
Many states have backup execution plans, but failures still happen
Long before Christa Pike was brought into Tennessee’s execution chamber, prison leaders reviewed and approved a backup plan detailing exactly what to do if the first attempt at lethal injec...
