From The Banner · Josh Kelety and Anna Wilder, Associated Press · · 1m 20s
Failed Executions Before Christa Pike
Tennessee's failed execution of Christa Pike highlights a pattern of lethal injection failures across U.S. states.
In brief
Tennessee's failed execution of Christa Pike highlights a pattern of lethal injection failures across U.S. states. Tennessee's failed execution of Christa Pike is part of a national trend where eight inmates remain alive after failed lethal injections. Originally reported by The Banner.
Failed executions troubled other states
Tennessee’s bungled attempt to execute Christa Pike was not the first time a state failed to carry out a lethal injection.
Christa Pike’s situation
Pike, 50, regained consciousness a week after Tennessee administered two lethal doses of pentobarbital.
Tennessee review ordered
Outgoing Republican Gov. Bill Lee ordered a review into what went wrong after Pike’s execution attempt failed.
Eight inmates remain alive
Pike is one of at least eight condemned U.S. inmates who left their state’s execution chamber still alive due to lethal injection failures.
Ohio’s failed executions
Ohio failed to execute Romell Broom in September 2009 after technicians couldn’t find a suitable vein for lethal injection.
Broom’s death
Broom died in December 2020 of possible complications from COVID-19 while on Ohio’s death row.
Alabama’s failed executions
Alabama called off Doyle Lee Hamm’s execution in February 2018 after medical team members couldn’t find a suitable vein.
Hamm’s death
Hamm died of natural causes on death row in November 2021 after Alabama’s failed execution attempt.
The headline
Tennessee's failed execution of Christa Pike is part of a national trend where eight inmates remain alive after failed lethal injections.
