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Lawyers: Pike getting "life-saving care" after failed execution

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike's attorneys said she was "in critical condition" and "receiving life-saving care" Thursday, a day after she survived an execution attempt during which the state administered two doses of the lethal injection drug. A death penalty expert told the Associated Press that Pike's survival after receiving the execution drug was unprecedented. The latest: State and federal elected…

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