Christa Pike, who was sentenced to death for the 1995 killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, was scheduled to be executed Wednesday night. "It's really rare when an execution fails," said Salt Lake City attorney and legal analyst Greg Skordas.
Failed Tennessee execution raises questions about Utah's lethal injection protocol
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