{"id":383855,"date":"2026-10-01T16:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/christa-pike-witnesses-recount-what-happened-during-execution-attempt-in-tennessee\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:00:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:00:53","slug":"christa-pike-witnesses-recount-what-happened-during-execution-attempt-in-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/christa-pike-witnesses-recount-what-happened-during-execution-attempt-in-tennessee\/","title":{"rendered":"Christa Pike: Witnesses recount what happened during execution attempt in Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/DwXJQ3vhLUA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Christa Pike: Witnesses recount what happened during execution attempt in Tennessee\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DwXJQ3vhLUA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Witnesses have described what happened in the chamber when Christa Pike, who was convicted of murdering a schoolmate three decades ago, survived Tennessee\u2019s effort to execute her by means of lethal injection, the state\u2019s first attempt to put a woman to death in two centuries.<br \/>\nSubscribe \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>A health reporter for the local news station WPLM said the state\u2019s protocol did not appear to address what should happen if an inmate remained alive after receiving a second dose of the injection.<\/p>\n<p>Pike\u2019s condition after the ordeal was not immediately known. It was not clear after she was taken for medical treatment from the Riverbend maximum security institution in Nashville what legal avenues her lawyers or the state might pursue next.<\/p>\n<p>#christapike #tennessee #deathrow #lethalinjection #usa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Witnesses have described what happened in the chamber when Christa Pike, who was convicted of murdering a schoolmate three decades ago, survived Tennessee\u2019s effort to execute her by means of lethal injection, the state\u2019s first attempt to put a woman to death in two centuries. 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