Botched execution of death row inmate

THE DEATH ROW INMATE TWO DOSES OF A LETHAL DRUG. BUT SOMEHOW. OF A L LETHAL DRUG. BUT SOMEHOW SHE SURVIVED. SO HOW DID THIS. SHE SURVIVED. SO H HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? JESSE KIRSCH HAS THE. HAPPEN? JESSE KIRSCH HAS THE LATEST TONIGHT THAT FAILED. LATEST TONIGHT THAT FAILED. >> EXECUTION. WE‘RE LEARNING. >> EXECUTION. WE‘RE LEARNING THAT DESPITE APPARENTLY. THAT DESPITE APPARENTLY RECEIVING TWO DOSES OF. PENTOBARBITAL. CONVICTED MURDERER CHRISTA PIKE IS STILL. MURDERER CHRISTA PIKE IS STILL ALIVE. PIKE‘S LEGAL TEAM SAYS. ALIVE. PIKE‘S LEGAL TEAM SAYS SHE IS HOSPITALIZED ININ CRITICL. SHE IS HOSPITALIZED IN CRITICAL CONDITION, BUT THEY HAVE NOT. CONDITION, BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE HER. THE. BEEN ABLE TO SEE HER. THE PENTOBARBITAL DIDN‘T ACTUALLY. PENTOBARBITAL DIDN‘T ACTUALLY ENTER CHRISTA PIKE BLOODSTREAM, ENTER CHRISTA PIKE BLOODSTREAM, AS FAR AS YOYOU KNOW. AS FAR AS YOU KNOW. >> I THINK WE‘RE GOING TO HAVE. >> I THINK WE‘RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT ON SOME OF THE DOCTORS.

TO WAIT ON SOME OF THE DOCTORS BEFORE WE KNOW THAT FOR SURE. BEFORE WE KNOW THAT FOR SURE. FOR SURE. FOR SURE. >> PIKE‘S ATTORNEY SAY THE. >> PIKE‘S ATTORNEY SAY THE EXECUTION TEAM SPENT AN HOUR. EXECUTUTION TEAM SPENT AN HOUR TRYING TO ESTABLISH AN IV LINE. TRYING TO ESTATABLISH AN IV LIN FOR THAT LETHAL INJECTION, FOR THAT LETHAL INJECTION, NOTING PIKE E‘S HAD ISSUES WITH. NOTING PIKE‘S HAD ISSUES WITH BLOOD DRAWAWS OVER THE YEARS. BLOOD DRAWS OVER THE YEARS. REPORTERS DESCRIBING WHAT THEY. REPORTERS DESCRIBING WHAT THEY WITNESSED LAST NIGHT. WITNESSED LAST NIGHT. . >> AT 734, SHE SAID MY ARM FEELS. >> AT 734, SHE SAID MY ARM FEELS LIKE IT‘S ABOUT TO BURST OPEN. LIKE IT‘S ABOUT TO BURST OPEN. THEN SHE SMILES REALLY BIG. THE. THEN SHE SMILES REALLY BIG. THE CURTAINS CLOSE. AT FIRST, AT. CURTAINS CLOSE. AT FIRST, AT 746, AND SHE WAS CLEARLY STILL. 746, AND SHE WAS CLEARLY STILL ALIVE. THE CURTAINS OPEN AGAIN. ALIVE. THE CURTAINS OPEN AGAIN. THREE MINUTES LATER. SHE WAS.

THREE MINUTES LATER. SHE WAS SNORING VERY LOUDLY Y AT THAT. SNORING VERY LOUDLY AT THAT POINT. POINT. >> THE CURTAINS LATER CLOSING. >> THE CURTAINS LATER CLOSING G AGAIN. PIKE WAS SENTENCED TO. AGAIN.N. PIKE WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING HER 19 YEAR. DEATH FOFOR MURDERING HER 19 YE OLD CLASSMATE, COLLEEN SLEMMER, OLD CLASSMATE, COLLEEN SLEMMER, IN 1995. TODAY SLEMMER. IN 1995. TODAY SLEMMER STEPFATHER, WRITING IN PART. STEPFATHER, WRITING IN PART UNFORTUNATELY, COLOLLEEN‘S SOUL. UNFORTUNATELY, COLLEEN‘S SOUL CANNOT REST UNTIL THIS MONSTER. CANNOT REST UNTIL THIS MONSTER SUCCUMBS TO THE TWO DOSES OF. SUCCUMBS TO THE TWO DOSES OF PENTOBARBITATAL THAT SHE WAS. PENTOBARBITAL THAT SHE WAS GIVEN. THIS IS TENNESSEE ‘S. GIVEN. THIS IS TENNESSEE‘S SECOND UNSUCCESSFUL EXECUTION. SECOND UNSUCCESSFUL EXECUTION N THIS YEAR ALONE. THIS YEAR ALONE. >> THIS IS A TRAGEDY TODAY. >> THIS IS A TRAGEDY TODAY. >> GOVERNOR BILL LEE CALLING FOR. >> GOVERNOR BILL LEE CALLING FOR A THIRD PARTY REVIEW OF THE. A THIRD PARTY REVIEW OF THE E STATE‘S LETHAL INJECTION.

STATE‘S LETHAL INJECTION PROTOCOL. PROTOCOL. . >> LAST NIGHT WAS NOT JUST.