EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Tennessee halted all executions and ordered an independent investigation after death row inmate Christa Pike was sent to a hospital following a botched lethal...
Pike was the first woman set to be executed in the state in 200 years.
The governor of Tennessee ordered an investigation and a temporary halt to scheduled executions after Christa Pike, the only woman on the state's death row, appeared to still be breathing and was sent to a nearby hospital in an unknown condition after an attempted execution.