Christa Pike on Ventilator After Failed Tennessee Execution
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Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike was unconscious, intubated and on a ventilator at a Nashville-area hospital on Thursday night after surviving an attempted lethal injection Wednesday, her lawyers said in a court filing Friday.
The attorneys said Pike, 50, received two doses of pentobarbital but remained alive and was taken to a hospital by ambulance. They alleged that execution personnel struggled for about an hour to establish intravenous lines, using at least seven needles, and that improperly placed or ruptured IV lines may have sent the drug into tissue rather than her bloodstream. The Tennessee Department of Correction defended its actions, saying its protocol did not permit procedures beyond those carried out.
Pike’s lawyers filed an emergency motion seeking to preserve physical, written and electronic evidence connected to the execution attempt. They are also seeking commutation of her death sentence. Authorities have not said whether another execution attempt could occur.
Gov. Bill Lee ordered what he called a comprehensive, independent review and halted Tennessee executions for the remainder of the year. The pause affects the execution of Gary Sutton, which had been scheduled for Dec. 3.
Pike was sentenced to death in 1996 for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. Pike was 18 when she and her then-boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, beat, tortured and killed Slemmer. The U.S. Supreme Court had allowed Wednesday’s execution to proceed after a last-minute legal challenge.
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WHAT THE EDITOR DID
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: The story should avoid overstating Pike’s condition as of Friday when the sources only support that status as of Thursday night or shortly after the attempt. - "Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike remained unconscious, intubated and on a ventilator at a Nashville-area hospital after surviving an attempted lethal injection Wednesday, her lawyers said in a court filing Friday.": The sources say Pike was unconscious, intubated and on a ventilator on Thursday night or in the hours after the execution attempt; they do not establish that she remained in that condition as of Friday.
THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES
Christa Pike on Ventilator After Failed Tennessee Execution
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike remainedwas unconscious, intubated and on a ventilator at a Nashville-area hospital on Thursday night after surviving an attempted lethal injection Wednesday, her lawyers said in a court filing Friday.
The attorneys said Pike, 50, received two doses of pentobarbital but remained alive and was taken to a hospital by ambulance. They alleged that execution personnel struggled for about an hour to establish intravenous lines, using at least seven needles, and that improperly placed or ruptured IV lines may have sent the drug into tissue rather than her bloodstream. The Tennessee Department of Correction defended its actions, saying its protocol did not permit procedures beyond those carried out.
Pike’s lawyers filed an emergency motion seeking to preserve physical, written and electronic evidence connected to the execution attempt. They are also seeking commutation of her death sentence. Authorities have not said whether another execution attempt could occur.
Gov. Bill Lee ordered what he called a comprehensive, independent review and halted Tennessee executions for the remainder of the year. The pause affects the execution of Gary Sutton, which had been scheduled for Dec. 3.
Pike was sentenced to death in 1996 for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. Pike was 18 when she and her then-boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, beat, tortured and killed Slemmer. The U.S. Supreme Court had allowed Wednesday’s execution to proceed after a last-minute legal challenge.
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