Call to end death penalty after “horrifying” botched attempt

Advocates are calling for the end of the death penalty following a failed execution in Tennessee. Christa Pike survived two doses of the drug pentobarbital administered on September 30 and is currently receiving medical care.

Pike has been on death row since 1996. She was convicted for the torture and killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, whom Pike and two friends lured into the woods when Pike was 18 years old.