UN Rights Chief Urges Tennessee Not to Repeat Christa Pike Execution Attempt
UN rights chief Volker Turk on Thursday urged the US state of Tennessee not to make a new attempt to execute Christa Pike after she survived two lethal injection doses. Convicted murder Pike, 50, was being treated in hospital, her lawyers said, following Tennessee's second failed execution in months. "The case of Christa Pike lays bare multiple reasons why the death penalty should be abolished," the UN rights office said on X.
