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Emergency calls reveal delays in botched Pike execution
Newly released recordings show confusion among first responders and prison officials delayed emergency help after Christa Pike survived lethal injection.
In brief
Newly released recordings show confusion among first responders and prison officials delayed emergency help after Christa Pike survived lethal injection. Emergency calls from a failed execution of death row inmate Christa Pike at Riverbend Prison in Tennessee reveal first responders were delayed by confusion over…
Pike survived lethal injection
Christa Pike, fifty, survived two injections of pentobarbital on September thirtieth at Riverbend Prison in Tennessee and was taken to hospital in critical condition.
Emergency calls show confusion
Newly released recordings obtained by the Associated Press reveal minutes passed as officials and responders attempted to confirm whether the emergency request was legitimate.
Delays hampered response
Emergency services were delayed by confusion among first responders and Tennessee prison officials, according to the emergency call recordings released after the failed execution.
Here's the gist
Emergency calls from a failed execution of death row inmate Christa Pike at Riverbend Prison in Tennessee reveal first responders were delayed by confusion over whether the emergency request was legitimate.
