Christa Pike appeared to still be breathing after attempted execution in Tennessee, witnesses say
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Tennessee halted all executions after death row inmate Christa Pike was hospitalized following a botched lethal injection procedure.

Pike was the first woman set to be executed in the state in 200 years.

The governor of Tennessee ordered an investigation and a temporary halt to scheduled executions after Christa Pike, the only woman on the state's death row, appeared to still be breathing and was sent to a nearby hospital in an unknown condition after an attempted execution.