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Tennessee's First Female Execution in ~200 Years Fails as Inmate Survives
Tennessee attempted to execute Christa Pike, 50, by lethal injection, but she survived two doses of pentobarbital — gasping and in pain — and the execution was halted. It was the state's first execution of a woman in roughly 200 years, and the governor paused executions for the rest of the year. Japanese netizens debated the method, compared it with Japan's hanging system, and raised legal questions about whether a halted execution can be repeated.