What the Supreme Court has said about survivors of botched executions
The remarkable survival of Christa Pike after an attempted execution in Tennessee poses equally remarkable legal questions about whether a second state attempt to kill her would violate the Constitution.
Pike, 50, who is said to be "conscious" and "speaking" after receiving two doses of lethal injection, faces what her attorneys call a "long recovery" and the prospect she may return to the death chamber.
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