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Killer who escaped Tennessee prison captured after week-long manhunt
Jacob Allen Morley was serving a life sentence for murder before he escaped over a prison fence.
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Tennessee woman Christa Pike describes pain after failed execution
Christa Pike says she remains in constant pain a month after surviving a lethal injection in Tennessee. Her lawyers want her death sentence reduced to life, while the state governor has ordered an investigation.
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'Deeply hurt': Convicted murderer Christa Pike speaks out after botched execution
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike said she remains in constant pain after surviving a botched lethal injection in September, in her first public statement since the failed execution. She expressed gratitude for those who saved her life while urging compassion for her victim's family.
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“Crawzilla” was huge. Then scientists found an even bigger crayfish
A nationwide search for giant crayfish uncovered a record-breaking Tennessee specimen and a surprising mystery about how big these freshwater creatures can grow. Scientists found that North American crayfish seem to hit a biological size limit, possibly because of their muscles or protective shells.
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Dolly Parton's niece wants to learn Welsh after singing with Bronwen Lewis
Dolly Parton's niece, Jada Star, from Tennessee who began learning Welsh during a visit to Wales.
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Trump’s brash remarks entertain crowd at election rally in Tennessee
US President Donald Trump told his supporters they would applaud anything he says.
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Christa Pike, convicted of murder, leaves the hospital and returns to prison after a failed execution
Christa Pike's lawyers stated on Saturday, October 10, that the 50-year-old convicted killer has been discharged and returned to prison. Pike was transferred to the hospital in critical state on September 30, after surviving Tennessee's failed attempt to execute her for the murder of a classmate when she was a teenager.
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Convicted murderer Christa Pike leaves hospital, returns to prison after botched execution
Christa Pike's lawyers on Saturday said that the 50-year-old convicted murderer has been discharged from the hospital and returned to prison. Pike was transported to the hospital in critical condition on September 30 after she survived Tennessee's botched effort to execute her for murdering a classmate when she was a teenager.
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Christa Pike discharged from hospital and returned to Tennessee prison
Pike survived two doses of lethal-injection drugs on September 30, renewing scrutiny of capital punishment.
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Christa Pike is discharged from hospital after his failed execution and returns to prison
Lawyers state in a statement that their client will continue to receive medical care in prison in Tennessee
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Could Christa Pike be executed again, and by what method?
The murderous Christa Pike survived the lethal injection, raising questions about the possibility that Tennessee might try its luck again.
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'Absolute torture': Female US inmate in critical condition after botched execution
A condemned female murderer who survived two lethal injections during a botched execution by the US state of Tennessee was in critical condition and receiving "life-saving care," according to her attorneys. In an extraordinary chain of events, Christa Pike, 50, was whisked from a prison execution chamber to a hospital, still alive despite two deadly doses of pentobarbital. What happened to Pike is "absolute torture," said Sandrine Ageorges-Skinner, Spokesperson for Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM), speaking to FRANCE 24's Alison Sargent.
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Christa Pike develops pneumonia after surviving two lethal injections in Tennessee
After regaining consciousness on Tuesday, the woman still has some mental confusion, according to her lawyers
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What Americans think about the death penalty
The BBC spoke to Americans and international tourists in Washington DC about their views on the death penalty following the botched execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee.
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The chronology of Christa Pike's case and its failed execution
After surviving the first attempt at execution, Christa Pike recovers in a hospital in Nashville, while his future remains uncertain
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Christa Pike 'angry and confused' after Tennessee's failed execution effort
Christa Pike, sentenced to death for a 1995 murder, awoke "angry and confused" in a hospital this week with a long recuperation ahead after surviving Tennessee's botched effort to execute her, her lawyers said on Wednesday.
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Christa Pike almost taken off life support before she woke up
Death row inmate Christa Pike has regained consciousness following a botched execution in Tennessee, her lawyer says.
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He woke up Christa Pike, a woman sentenced to death who survived lethal injections in the U.S.. United States.
Christa Pike, sentenced to death for murder, regained knowledge and speaking capacity after surviving two lethal pentobarbital injections on September 30. The convicted woman has pneumonia and a blood clot, in addition to other symptoms as a result of the injection. A Tennessee judge ordered to keep evidence of his failed execution.
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Judge orders officials to preserve Pike execution evidence
A Nashville judge ordered Tennessee officials to preserve evidence from Christa Pike’s failed execution
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Christa Pike wakes up after his failed execution and manages to speak; his defense demands explanations
The woman sentenced to death for murder, who survived despite receiving two lethal pentobarbital injections on September 30, regained knowledge and speech capacity, although she was expected to have "long recovery," according to her legal defense. The lawyers also request that the Tennessee Correctional Department preserve the evidence of the case and provide more information on the failed execution.