The paperwork says 'complete.'
Two doses were supposed to be lethal. The gurney is still occupied.
Source article: Christa Pike reportedly remains alive after two injections in Tennessee execution.
Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Editorial Board
- Topic tags
- crime, law and justice, government, civil rights, fundamental rights
- Primary entities
- Christa Pike, Colleen Slemmer, Tadaryl Shipp, Shadolla Peterson, Tennessee Department of Correction, Catholic Mobilizing Network, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Riverbend Maximum Security Institution
- Themes
- death penalty, lethal injection, state executions, botched execution
- Floor values engaged
- human_life_and_dignity, Accountability of power, Equality & fairness