Tennessee halts executions for the year after Christa Pike survives lethal injection; governor orders probe

Tennessee gave Christa Pike both authorized doses of pentobarbital Wednesday but failed to execute her for a 1995 murder; she was still alive a day later, injected with seven needles, one bent on removal, her prognosis unknown, per her lawyers. Gov. Bill Lee halted the state's remaining executions for the year and ordered an investigation.

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