Newly released 911 recordings reveal the confusion that unfolded after prison staff realized convicted murderer Christa Pike had survived two doses of a lethal injection administered in a Tennessee prison.
DW speaks to Austin Sarat, Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College, author of the book "Life After Death: What Happens When Someone Survives an Execution?" and "Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America’s Death Penalty."
Chapter Breakdown
0:00 Authorities tried to execute Pike, failed, then didn’t realized she had called 911 for help
2:41 Austin Sarat, leading scholar in the death penalty in the US, on Christa Pike’s case
4:10 In the US, are executioners supposed to have a back up plan in case of botched executions
6:55 Dispatchers and prison authorities weren’t sure if Pike’s 911 calls were real
9:19 Is this an isolated mistake, or a systemic failure?
11:52 Could the state of Tennessee try and execute Christa Pike again?
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