How a Tennessee execution gone wrong connects to Arizona’s capital punishment troubles

By: Michael Kiefer

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: October 2, 2026

Words: 1,023

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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Christa Pike, the Tennessee death row prisoner who survived an attempted execution by lethal injection Wednesday night, was still in critical condition as of Thursday afternoon. Hers was the second botched execution in the Volunteer State this year.

And there’s a direct line between those executions and problems Arizona had carrying out death sentences in 2022: The same prison official was responsible for overseeing all of them.

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