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Christa Pike's execution failed. Here's how lethal injection works

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Christa Pike's execution failed. Here's how lethal injection works
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Lethal injections are under scrutiny after Christa Pike survived two rounds of drugs during Tennessee's failed attempt to execute her.Why it matters: Lethal injection has been the dominant U.S. execution method for decades, accounting for roughly 89% of the 1,683 executions carried out since 1976, per the Death Penalty Information Center.Driving the news: Pike, convicted of killing a classmate three decades ago, survived two rounds of lethal injection drugs Wednesday in what would have been the

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