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From death row to a botched execution and back: A timeline of Christa Pike’s case

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By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — After spending decades in prison for a gruesome murder, Christa Pike was set to become the first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years. But something went wrong. The 50-year-old survived two ostensibly lethal doses of the drug pentobarbital, spent more than a week in…

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    By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — After spending decades in prison for a gruesome murder, Christa Pike was set to become the first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years. But something went wrong. The 50-year-old survived two ostensibly lethal doses of the drug pentobarbital, spent more than a week in…

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