Christa Pike: Emergency hearing granted to preserve evidence after botched execution
Death row inmate Christa Pike was granted an emergency hearing after a failed execution attempt left her on a ventilator. She reportedly received two lethal injection doses during the botched procedure.
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is on a ventilator at a Nashville hospital after she was given two lethal injection doses during her failed execution.
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