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US woman on death row survives two lethal injections in Tennessee - The Latest
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A woman convicted of murdering a schoolmate 30 years ago has been taken to hospital after surviving two rounds of lethal injections in Tennessee. Christa Pike would have been the first woman to be executed in the state in 200 years. Pike, 50, has spent three decades on death row after she was convicted of the murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995. A last-minute appeal to stop the lethal injection was overturned by the supreme court, but the state governor, Bill Lee, has suspended executions in Tennessee for the rest of the year. Lucy Hough speaks to the attorney and anti-capital punishment campaigner...
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experience. I've been in the chamber with the victims who have watched someone die in front of us and when they come out, their lives have been better. From the Guardians Today in Focus, this is the latest with me, Lucy Hough. A woman in Tennessee, Christa Pike, has survived two doses of a lethal injection. Clive Stafford
Smith, you are an attorney who's been working against capital punishment and the death penalty in the US for many years now. What happened in this case? Because there were journalists and eyewitnesses present, weren't there? There were. And I'm sad to say I've been there and done that. I've had six of my clients
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