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Christa Pike describes pain after failed execution
Christa Pike, a Tennessee death row inmate, is reported to have described suffering pain following a failed execution attempt. Pike is the only woman on death row in Tennessee, convicted of the 1995 murder of fellow student Colleen Slemmer. The reported account has renewed public debate over the state's lethal injection procedures and whether executions can be carried out without cruelty.
Why now: News of an inmate describing pain during a botched execution renews controversy over capital punishment methods in Tennessee.
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