One of the journalists who witnessed the execution said that Pike was talking, breathing, moaning, and snoring loudly after the injection, and at one point she said she felt like her arm was going to "explode." #smrtnaKazna #Tennessee #neuspjesnopogubljenje (translated)
"Long-lasting physical and mental suffering arising from multiple failed attempts at execution is repulsive and cruel." Most countries in the world have abolished the death penalty, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said that the Pike case shows that the USA should do the same. #smrtnaKazna #Tennessee #neuspjesnopogubljenje (translated)
"No one wanted what happened last night to happen," Lee, a Republican, told reporters. #smrtnaKazna #Tennessee #neuspjesnopogubljenje (translated)
Christa Pike, who survived a botched execution by lethal injection in Tennessee, is currently in critical health condition, which rekindles the debate about the death penalty in the U.S. #smrtnaKazna #Tennessee #neuspjesnopogubljenje (translated)
