Tennessee governor halts executions after Christa Gail Pike survives lethal injection
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has halted all executions for the year after a failed attempt to execute Christa Gail Pike. Officials were unable to complete the execution despite administering two doses of a lethal drug.
Tennessee officials were unable to put Christa Gail Pike to death Wednesday for a 1995 murder after administering two doses of a lethal drug. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee halted the remaining execution for the year.
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