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Tennessee Halts Executions After Lethal Injection Fails

Tennessee halted executions after Christa Gail Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital during her attempted lethal injection for a 1995 murder. Governor Bill Lee ordered a third-party review. Pike, 50, remained alive and hospitalized, prompting legal challenges.