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Witnessing the Failed Execution of Christa Pike: ‘We Could All Hear Her Breathing’

By Catherine Sweeney, WPLN, KFF Health News · October 6, 2026

Catherine Sweeney was one of the reporters in the witness room during the attempted execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee. The journalists knew that a recent execution hadn’t gone according to plan and that Pike’s lawyers had predicted failure because of a health condition. They’d even asked for her to be hanged…

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Witnessing the Failed Execution of Christa Pike: ‘We Could All Hear Her Breathing’

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