Christa Pike Case Has ‘Moral’ And ‘Legal’ Overtones And It Will Be Politicised | Anita Powell

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“[The government] don’t have the right to make you suffer unnecessary agony.” Although the authorities have the right to carry out a legally permitted execution, Christa Pike’s lawyer has argued that she suffered “unnecessary agony” after surviving two lethal injections, reports US reporter Anita Powell. Anita Powell was speaking to Kait Borsay on The Evening Edition on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday to Thursday, 7–10pm Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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