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Christa Pike execution fails: What next when a lethal injection is botched?

· By Priyanka Shankar
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Two doses of a lethal injection drug have failed to kill Christa Gail Pike, a 50-year-old woman who was due to be executed on Wednesday. Pike was taken to hospital after it was found that her heart was still beating following the procedure.

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