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Christa Pike's attorneys: Botched execution was "torturous" and "predictable"
Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike , who survived the state's attempt to execute her by lethal injection Wednesday night, are calling for her sentence to be commuted after she endured what they said was a "cruel,"…
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Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike , who survived the state's attempt to execute her by lethal injection Wednesday night, are calling for her sentence to be commuted after she endured what they said was a "cruel," "torturous," and "predictable" botched execution . "The state of Tennessee has shown us again that they are not capable of carrying out an execution consistent with basic human dignity," attorney Randy Spivey told reporters Thursday during a news conference.
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