Pakistan, Oct. 1 -- Tennessee authorities halted the execution of convicted murderer Christa Pike after the lethal injection procedure apparently failed on Wednesday. Pike was taken to a nearby hospital, according to her lawyers. Witnesses said she appeared to remain alive after authorities administered the injections at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville.

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Pike had been scheduled to become the first woman executed by lethal injection in Tennessee in 200 years. The procedure involved two injections of pentobarbital. However, Tennessee corrections officials did not publicly confirm what happened during the execution. They also did not immediately respond to ...