I've seen nearly 500 executions - but never one like Christa Pike's
Texas reporter Michael Graczyk has seen botched executions in his time, but not one in which an inmate survived.
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"It seems to me it was just a matter of time."
— Michael Graczyk , Other
"There is no [greater] authority, power, or whatever you want to call it, that state or federal government has over us than the power to take our life."
— Michael Graczyk , Other
Key People
Tennessee Governor who announced plans to rename Nashville airport after Dolly Parton.
Christa Pike is a woman on death row in Tennessee, convicted of murder in 1995.
Michael Graczyk is a Texas reporter who has covered nearly 500 executions.
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Texas reporter Michael Graczyk has seen botched executions in his time, but not one in which an inmate survived.
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