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Trump questions how Christa Pike’s execution failed: ‘Shouldn’t be difficult’

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President Donald Trump has stated that carrying out a lethal injection should not be very difficult following a botched execution attempt in Tennessee .
Death row prisoner Christa Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital at a Nashville prison and remains in a critical condition receiving life-saving care.
The execution team used at least seven needles while attempting to find a vein in Pike's arms, with her survival described as ‘unprecedented’.
Pike was convicted for the 1995 murder of classmate Colleen Slemmer and was set to be the first woman executed in the state in 206 years.
Her legal representatives condemned the failed execution as chemical torture, with human rights groups and the UN also deeming it cruel.

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Christa Pike latest: Trump remarks lethal injections ‘shouldn’t be difficult’ in first comment on botched execution

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