Christa Pike Hospitalized After Failed Execution Attempt

Why it matters locally: The hospitalization of Christa Pike in Tennessee following a failed execution attempt brings into focus the state's capital punishment procedures and medical protocols for death row inmates.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Christa Pike, an inmate on death row, is in critical condition and receiving care at a Tennessee hospital. Her legal representatives report she is intubated and connected to a ventilator. The development follows an attempted execution during which, her attorneys state, Pike received two lethal doses. Jesse Kirsch of NBC News provided this information. Pike was 18 years old when she committed the murder for which she received the death sentence.