Washington, United States, Oct 7, 2026 (AFP) - After botched execution, US woman was nearly taken off life support before revival

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2026-10-07

A convicted US killer who survived a botched execution was almost taken off life support before she regained consciousness, her lawyer said Wednesday, as a court ordered prison authorities to preserve evidence in the case. Christa Pike, 50, who was sentenced to death for a murder she committed when she was a teenager, received two supposedly lethal doses of the drug pentobarbital at a Tennessee prison last Wednesday. She survived the injections,......

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