Tennessee corrections officials botched Christa Pike's execution through gross incompetence and leaking poison, proving that state executioners turned the death chamber into a house of chemical torture.
By Josie Calloway ·
Christa Pike survived a botched execution in Tennessee, forcing the state to confront whether repeating a failed lethal injection violates the Eighth Amendment.
By Adele Rutherford ·
When Tennessee left Christa Pike alive after administering pentobarbital, the state demonstrated that a government unable to master the mechanics of lethal injection forfeits its authority to carry out the sentence.
By Adele Rutherford ·