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Christa Pike drinks Gatorade hours before scheduled execution for 1994 murder

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Christa Pike, now 50, will be put to death for killing Colleen Slemmer when she was 18, and she was seen drinking Gatorade shortly before the execution.

Why it matters

The execution highlights ongoing debates about capital punishment in the United States.

How this story developed

Oct 8 Inmate who survived botched execution walks again, but remains mentally impaired
Oct 9 A Tennessee court ordered all materials from the botched execution to be kept as evidence.

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