{"id":383869,"date":"2026-10-01T19:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/tennessee-governor-suspends-all-executions-after-christa-pike-survived-lethal-injection\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T19:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:00:08","slug":"tennessee-governor-suspends-all-executions-after-christa-pike-survived-lethal-injection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/tennessee-governor-suspends-all-executions-after-christa-pike-survived-lethal-injection\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Governor suspends all executions after Christa Pike survived lethal injection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/NoMjlqSlky4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee Governor suspends all executions after Christa Pike survived lethal injection\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NoMjlqSlky4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Governor of Tennessee has ordered all state executions to be suspended and launched an independent review after an inmate survived attempts to execute her.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Christa Pike&#8217;s execution was halted and she was taken to hospital when she was still showing signs of life after receiving two lethal injections.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Bill Lee said he was &quot;highly disappointed&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>50-year-old\u00a0 Pike was sentenced to death in 1996 aged 18 for murdering her 19-year-old schoolmate Colleen Slemmer.<\/p>\n<p>Including Pike, there are 40 people currently on death row in the state of Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>It is the second failed attempt to execute someone in the U.S. state this year, after prison officials failed to find a suitable vein for the lethal injection of inmate Tony Carruthers, who was also convicted of murder.<\/p>\n<p>Warning: this video contains content some viewers may find distressing.<\/p>\n<p>#Channel4News #News #ChristaPike #Tennessee #America #Prison<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Governor of Tennessee has ordered all state executions to be suspended and launched an independent review after an inmate survived attempts to execute her. 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