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Tennessee Governor Says Christa Pike's Death Sentence Likely Stands After Sept. 30 Botched Execution

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Updated · Fox News · Oct 29

Tennessee Governor Says Christa Pike's Death Sentence Likely Stands After Sept. 30 Botched Execution

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 29

Bill Lee said Christa Pike remains incarcerated under Tennessee law and that her sentence will likely stay unchanged unless courts rule otherwise.
Pike, 50, survived Tennessee's Sept. 30 lethal-injection attempt after receiving two doses of pentobarbital, was hospitalized unconscious for days, then returned to death row.
Her lawyers are pressing Lee to commute the sentence to life without parole and argue Tennessee should not try to execute her again after the failed procedure.
A judge has ordered state officials to preserve evidence from the execution attempt, while Lee halted Tennessee's remaining 2026 executions and ordered an independent review.
Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 torture-killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, a case investigators still describe as exceptionally brutal.

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