A botched execution in Tennessee, where condemned inmate Krista Pike survived two lethal doses of pentobarbital, underscores systemic failures in capital punishment protocols and raises urgent ethical and legal questions. The incident, witnessed by journalist Catherine Sweeney, highlights
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