How a Failed Execution Left Christa Pike Hovering Between Life and Death NYT - Home Page By: Shaila Dewan and Emily Cochrane 3 October 2026 at 09:03 Her legal team had repeatedly warned that her execution could go wrong. On Wednesday, they were proven right. © Denny Simmons/The Tennessean, via USA Today Network, via ReutersEmergency vehicles arrived at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution on Wednesday after the failed execution of Christa Pike.
Colleen Slemmer Was a Vibrant and Generous Presence, Her Mother Says NYT - Home Page By: Madaleine Rubin and Emily Cochrane 1 October 2026 at 23:05 Ms. Slemmer was killed in 1995 by Christa Pike, whose execution in Tennessee was botched on Wednesday. Her family celebrated what would have been her 51st birthday last month. © Zack Wittman for The New York TimesMay Martinez, holding a photo of Colleen Slemmer, at her home recently in Palatka, Fla.
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