Christa Pike's botched execution

Tennessee's execution of Christa Pike has drawn criticism after witnesses described significant problems during the lethal injection procedure, prompting her lawyers to call for her sentence to be commuted. A veteran execution witness who has observed nearly 500 such procedures described this one as uniquely troubling. Meanwhile, the police chief involved in Pike's original arrest has spoken out to redirect attention to her murder victim following the controversy over the execution's conduct. The head of Tennessee's prison system has announced he will resign in the wake of the failed execution. Pike's lawyer now says her prognosis remains unclear following the botched procedure. Coverage has also turned to the fate of Pike's co-defendant in the original murder, a self-described satanist accomplice, amid the renewed attention on the case.