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- Christa Pike remains unconscious after failed execution
- South African cricketer sets new T20 scoring record
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- BBC NewsUS murderer Christa Pike unconscious and on ventilator after failed execution, lawyers say
- PBS NewsChrista Pike on a ventilator and unconscious after failed Tennessee execution, attorneys say
- RechercheThe lawyers said Pike’s arms were swollen, burned and blistered, and that hospital staff were working to clear the drug from her system.
- Le MondeAfter botched Tennessee execution, Christa Pike on a ventilator and unconscious
- RechercheA 2022 execution attempt involving Oscar Smith was halted after Tennessee acknowledged that it had not properly tested its lethal-injection drugs; a later review found the state had not followed its own revised procedures.
- RechercheThe failed attempt was Tennessee’s second unsuccessful execution in 2026; officials had also stopped the execution of Tony R. Carruthers in May after they could not establish the required intravenous access.
- RecherchePike was sentenced to death for the 1995 killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, a classmate at a job-training facility in Knoxville; Pike was 18 at the time.
- RechercheTennessee changed from a three-drug lethal-injection procedure to the single drug pentobarbital in 2024, after an earlier review found problems with the state’s execution procedures and drug testing.
- Sky NewsPretorius breaks record for highest individual T20 score
- RechercheBackground: Gayle’s earlier record came in the Indian Premier League, one of the world’s leading professional T20 competitions.