Christa Pike Awake, Talking 6 Days After Failed Execution

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A woman who endured childhood rape, decades of solitary confinement and two full rounds of lethal chemicals has already paid a price no civilized state should impose. Surviving something no one else in the country has survived is a sign that this punishment has gone far past justice into cruelty. Commutation to life without parole is the only decent path left.