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Tennessee Halts Executions After Botched Lethal Injection

Gov. Bill Lee suspended all Tennessee executions for the rest of the year after Christa Pike survived a failed lethal injection, delaying the Dec. 3 execution of Gary Wayne Sutton and raising new questions about the state's death penalty protocol.

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Gov. Bill Lee suspended all Tennessee executions for the rest of the year after Christa Pike survived a failed lethal injection, delaying the Dec. 3 execution of Gary Wayne Sutton and raising new questions about the state's death penalty protocol.

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