What's missing from the lethal injection conversation
The episode examines the botched execution of Christa Pike, a Tennessee death row inmate who survived a lethal injection, revealing systemic flaws in the procedure. Medical expert Gail Van Norman explains that lethal injections are frequently painful and inhumane, often causing prisoners
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