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Tennessee suspends executions as Christa Pike’s lawyer says failed lethal injection leaves her in critical condition

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Independent inquiry ordered after failed execution of Pike, who was convicted of 1994 murderChrista Pike: what we know so far about Tennessee woman’s failed executionTennessee’s governor on Thursday said it was “deeply disturbing” that his state botched the execution of a death row prisoner who remained alive and snoring 40 minutes after receiving a double dose of the lethal drug that should have quickly killed her.Bill Lee, a Republican, has suspended all executions in the state until at least the…

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