Washington, United States, Oct 1, 2026 (AFP) - Botched US execution prompts global calls to scrap death penalty

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An unprecedented botched execution that left a female murderer alive after two lethal injections triggered international calls Thursday for the US state of Tennessee to abandon capital punishment. Christa Pike, 50, was taken to a hospital after the failed attempts to put her to death on Wednesday night. Her condition Thursday was not known, and Tennessee officials have not said how she survived the deadly doses of pentobarbital. "This event is th......

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