Christa Pike survived lethal injection. How your state carries out executions
Summary
Christa Pike survived two rounds of lethal injection drugs during her execution in Tennessee, raising questions about how states carry out executions. Different states use various execution methods, including lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas, and firing squads.Key Facts
- Christa Pike survived an attempted lethal injection, remaining unconscious on a ventilator afterward.
- Lethal injection is the most common execution method in the U.S., used in about 89% of executions since 1976.
- Other authorized methods include electrocution, lethal gas, and firing squads, depending on the state.
- Some states allow prisoners to choose the method of execution.
- The Supreme Court requires that the death penalty be reserved for the most serious murders.
- New Hampshire no longer uses the death penalty but still has one person on death row.
- Idaho uses firing squads as its main execution method.
- Christa Pike was convicted of killing a classmate about 30 years ago and this was Tennessee’s first planned execution of a woman in 200 years.
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