Christa Pike Sent A Friend A Chilling Text After Being Discharged From Hospital Back To Prison

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52% : Another commented, "Why does someone on d**th row have access to a tablet and the ability to text?" A third wrote, "I don't understand how these people who are doing time on our tax dollars for horrendous crimes get to watch TV, get degrees, have tablets, and email and text.
44% : Many were also suspicious of the time emergency services took in reaching Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, where the lethal injections were administered.
42% : Before September 30, they argued in court to reconsider the lethal injection procedure, citing her preexisting condition of thrombocytosis, which causes an abnormally high platelet count, and small veins, making IV cannulation difficult.
40% : However, a botched lethal injection procedure sent her to the hospital instead, after two doses of administered pentobarbital, a heavy-duty sedative, failed to end her life.
36% : Christa Pike was set to perish in a capital punishment procedure in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 30, for the 1995 homicide of Colleen Slemmer that she admitted to.

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