Pentobarbital was the drug used in Christa Pike's failed execution attempt. It's typically used for seizures, insomnia and as ...

Christa Pike is still alive following a lethal injection execution attempt in Tennessee. The 50-year-old woman remains in ...

Christa Pike was scheduled to be executed. But after two injections, she kept breathing. She made snoring sounds, she talked, she said her arm was hurting.

Tennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Pike, according to an emergency motion filed by her ...

Ms. Pike, 50, survived two doses of lethal injection in Tennessee. She was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of a ...

Tennessee’s failure to put Christa Pike to death is the latest blunder by a state that has pushed ahead with executions after several years of troubles.

Gov. Bill Lee ordered a review of the state’s capital-punishment process after the botched attempt to put Christa Pike to death. She was hospitalized late Wednesday.