{"id":383893,"date":"2026-10-01T19:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-did-christa-pike-survive-execution-and-what-next-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T19:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:00:30","slug":"how-did-christa-pike-survive-execution-and-what-next-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-did-christa-pike-survive-execution-and-what-next-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"How did Christa Pike survive execution &#8211; and what next? | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/ncybRUxY3zQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How did Christa Pike survive execution - and what next? | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ncybRUxY3zQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike has been taken to hospital after an attempt to execute her by two lethal injections failed, her lawyer said.<\/p>\n<p>Pike was sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. <\/p>\n<p>So &#8211; what happens when an execution fails? <\/p>\n<p>In this video&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Intro<br \/>\n00:55 What happened?<br \/>\n02:18 What was it like in the execution chamber?<br \/>\n03:28 How did she survive?<br \/>\n05:18 Why was Christa Pike on death row?<br \/>\n06:20 What is pentobarbital?<br \/>\n07:12 What are the methods of execution in the US?<br \/>\n07:47 How common are botched executions?<br \/>\n09:08 What happens next?<br \/>\n10:56 End<\/p>\n<p>#ChristaPike #US #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike has been taken to hospital after an attempt to execute her by two lethal injections failed, her lawyer said. 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