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Independent inquiry ordered after halted execution of Pike, who was convicted of murder<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/tennessee" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Tennessee</a>’s governor has suspended all executions in the state until at least the end of the year and ordered an independent inquiry after a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/30/tennessee-execution-halted-christa-pike" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">botched attempt</a> to put a condemned inmate to death on Wednesday night.Witnesses at the execution chamber in Nashville said Christa Pike, who was convicted of murder, was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2026/oct/01/witnesses-recount-christa-pikes-survival-of-two-lethal-injections-video" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">still awake and snoring loudly</a> about 40 minutes after officials administered two doses of the lethal drug pentobarbital. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/01/christa-pike-tennessee-governor-executions-year-pause" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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