The execution chamber in the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville in 1984. | Jerry Cabluck/Sygma via Getty Images Late last month, the state of Tennessee attempted to execute Christa Pike, a woman who has been on death row for decades after killing a classmate as a teenager. The execution failed: Pike survived two doses of the lethal injection drug pentobarbital, making her the first person ever to do so. The botched execution comes at a strange moment for capital punishment in America. Support for the death penalty has been declining for decades. And for a long time, the number o...
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Oct 13, 2026 • 4 hours ago
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