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Christa Pike's Botched Execution, Juvenile Lifers & the Mnemonic Plague
The plan was hair-donation charities. Then Tennessee made world news by failing to execute Christa Pike, the second botched execution in the state this year, so Ashley changed the topic on the drive in and Kila found out when the mic went live. Ashley brought notes.
Christa Pike's crime, the 30 years of appeals, the request for a firing squad, the vein disease, the 40 minutes of searching for a vein, the burning, the blinds coming down, and the ambulance that took 52 minutes after her attorney demanded one. Kila has the timeline: first drug at 7:36, ambulance at 9:14.
They dig into the doctor…
The skinny
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