Tennessee halts executions after woman survives lethal injection

NPR | By Tony Gonzalez,

Michel Martin

Published October 1, 2026 at 9:41 AM MDT

Christa Gail Pike was sentenced to death for a 1995 murder and was supposed to be executed Wednesday night. But after two lethal injections, she was still alive.

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