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Christa Pike botched execution: How lethal injection is used in death penalty

Christa Gail Pike, 50, survived Tennessee’s first attempted execution of a woman in about two centuries after two doses of pentobarbital were administered for the murder of classmate Colleen Slemmer in 1995

· 10/1/2026, 9:04:16 AM· 2 min read
Christa Pike botched execution: How lethal injection is used in death penalty
Christa Gail Pike, 50, survived Tennessee’s first attempted execution of a woman in about two centuries after two doses of pentobarbital were administered for the murder of classmate Colleen Slemmer in 1995
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