Author: Erik Ortiz

One month ago, Christa Pike survived what seemed impossible: a lethal injection in which two rounds of the drug had already entered her body.

Tennessee failed to execute Christa Pike, the lone woman on its death row as planned Wednesday, after injecting her with a lethal drug, a stunning development after the Supreme Court had stepped in to allow the state to put her to death.

With her execution days away, the lone woman on Tennessee’s death row says she is prepared to die but “nervous” about how the state intends to carry it out.

Lee, 50, was spared execution with nitrogen gas after the Supreme Court intervened. Alabama now plans to use a method he didn’t choose.