Many states have backup execution plans, but failures still happen
Most U.S. states have established backup plans for executions, though complications and failures still occur during the process.
Long before Christa Pike was brought into Tennessee’s execution chamber, prison leaders reviewed and approved a backup plan detailing exactly what to do if the first attempt at lethal injection failed. But the backup plan also failed, and Thursday — 24 hours later — Pike was still alive but in critical condition at a Tennessee...
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