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Daily Download · October 2 · 8 min

Botched Execution, What's Next?

ABC News Investigative Reporter Peter Charalambous talks about how Christa Pike’s attorneys are asking for commutation of her death sentence following the failed execution that has left her in critical condition. Will this botched experience help her argue against receiving the death penalty? What went wrong and how common is this, especially in Tennessee?

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ABC News Investigative Reporter Peter Charalambous talks about how Christa Pike’s attorneys are asking for commutation of her death sentence following the failed execution that has left her in critical condition. Will this botched experience help her argue against receiving the death penalty? What went wrong and how common is this, especially in Tennessee?