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Tennessee prison chief who oversaw Christina Pike’s failed execution resigns
Tennessee’s prison chief has resigned after Christina Pike survived a failed execution involving two injections of pentobarbital. Pike is 50.
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The chief of Tennessee’s prison system who oversaw Christina Pike’s failed execution has resigned.
Pike, 50, survived two injections of pentobarbital, a substance normally used in lethal executions.
The supplied material provides no further details about the resignation or the execution.
What we know
- Tennessee’s prison chief resigned after Christina Pike’s failed execution.
- The 50-year-old Pike survived two injections of pentobarbital.
- Pentobarbital is normally used in lethal executions.
What is being verified
- The newsroom is checking the report that tennessee’s prison chief resigned after Christina Pike’s failed execution.
- Reporting from Le Monde International is being compared; a second independent confirmation is not yet available.
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