Christa Pike’s Ordeal Is 'Shocking But Not Surprising' | Austin Sarat
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“For as long as there have been executions in the United States, they’ve gone wrong.” Christa Pike is one of 10 people in the last 80 years who has survived execution, but the only one to survive a dose of drugs that was supposed to be lethal, making her ordeal “shocking”, says professor of political science at Amherst College Austin Sarat. Austin Sarat was speaking to Josh Glancy on The Times at One. Listen live every Monday to Thursday, 1–2pm. 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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