How widely used is the death penalty in the US?
The death penalty is back in the news after Christa Pike survived two lethal injection attempts in Tennessee - but how widely used is it in the US?
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The death penalty is back in the news after Christa Pike survived two lethal injection attempts in Tennessee - but how widely used is it in the US?
The BBCโs Ione Wells reports from outside the Tennessee hospital where Pike is said to have arrived Wednesday night after surviving two lethal injection attempts.
The high-profile execution of murderer Christa Pike is in disarray after two lethal injections failed to kill her.
The death by lethal injection was scheduled to happen earlier on Wednesday before judges from a lower court paused the execution.
Christa Pike was set to become the first woman executed by Tennessee in more than 200 years.
Lawyers for Pike, who killed a fellow student in 1995, say she should get clemency and would not be sentenced to death if the crime happened today.