NewzThe US Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Tennessee could proceed with Pike's execution by lethal injection for murdering a schoolmate as an 18-year-old three decades ago. The event marked the state of Tennessee's first attempt to put a woman to death in two centuries. Tennessee officials were unable to put Christa Gail Pike to death Wednesday for a 1995 murder after administering two doses of a lethal drug.
Bill Lee halted the remaining execution for the year.(Image credit: George Walker IV) Pike was alive and loudly snoring after the attempted lethal injection and taken by ambulance from the prison, her attorneys said
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