Tennessee inmate Christa Pike survives two lethal injections

Christa Pike, 50, remained alive after two lethal injections in Tennessee, prompting an emergency legal motion and a halt to state executions.

• Pike received two injections of pentobarbital at Riverbend prison in Nashville on Wednesday but continued breathing and snoring, witnesses said.
• Her lawyers filed an emergency motion to halt the execution, stating she had lost consciousness but still had a heartbeat and was audibly snoring.
• The Tennessee Department of Correction confirmed Pike was transferred to a hospital and said the team followed all protocol steps.
• Governor Bill Lee announced a halt to remaining executions in the state until the end of the year and ordered an independent review.
• The US Supreme Court overturned a last-minute federal appeals court stay before the execution proceeded.
• A federal judge ordered medical care for Pike after her lawyers' emergency motion reported her continued heartbeat and snoring.
• Wednesday's execution marked the state's second failed execution in Tennessee this year, witnesses and officials said.
• Wednesday's execution was the first attempted execution of a woman in Tennessee in more than 200 years, authorities said.
• Witnesses said Pike complained of arm pain before showing breathing and snoring sounds for nearly an hour after the injections.
• An attorney told the BBC that Pike was receiving life-saving measures in the hospital.