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BOTCHED EXECUTION: Christa Pike, 50, received medical care in a hospital Thursday after surviving Tennessee's two attempts to execute her with lethal injections, her lawyers said, renewing scrutiny of capital punishment in the U.S. It was the second botched execution…

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    BOTCHED EXECUTION: Christa Pike, 50, received medical care in a hospital Thursday after surviving Tennessee's two attempts to execute her with lethal injections, her lawyers said, renewing scrutiny of capital punishment in the U.S. It was the second botched execution…

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