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Austin Sarat: Pike case is 'extraordinary and unprecedented moment' US death penalty history
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Austin Sarat, an American academic specializing in US capital punishment, explains the unprecedented nature of Christa Pike's botched execution. Sentenced to death in Tennessee, Pike survived two injections of barbiturates.
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