Christa Pike survived lethal injection. How your state carries out executions
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Christa Pike survived two doses of lethal injection in Tennessee, reigniting scrutiny over U.S. execution protocols nationwide. American states employ varying execution methods—lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas, and firing squads—with procedures differing significantly by jurisdiction.
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Christa Pike survived lethal injection. How your state carries out executions
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*Data: Death Penalty Information Center; Note: New Hampshire abolished the death penalty but retains one prisoner on death row; Map: Erin Davis/Axios*
Christa Pike's survival after two lethal injection doses has put state execution protocols nationwide under new scrutiny.
**The big picture:** How prisoners are executed varies by state, with lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas and firing squads among the methods authorized.
* Lethal injections are the most common U.S. execution method, accounting for roughly 89% of the 1,683 executions carried out since 1976, per the Death Penalty Information Center.
**By the numbers:** More than two dozen states have lethal injection as a primary method.
* **Lethal gas** is authorized in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wyoming.
* **Electrocution** is allowed in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee.
* **Firing squad** is allowed in Idaho, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Utah. Idaho is the only state where it is the primary method.
**Context:** Some states let prisoners choose among the different execution methods.
**Zoom out:** The Supreme Court requires states to keep the death penalty only for the most heinous murders.
* Pike, convicted of killing a classmate three decades ago, survived two rounds of lethal injection drugs earlier this week in what would have been the first execution of a woman in Tennessee in 200 years.
* Pike was still alive as of Friday, remaining on a ventilator and unconscious, AP reports.
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Christa Pike's survival after two lethal injection doses has put state execution protocols nationwide under new scrutiny.
**The big picture:** How prisoners are executed varies by state, with lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas and firing squads among the methods authorized.
* Lethal injections are the most common U.S. execution method, accounting for roughly 89% of the 1,683 executions carried out since 1976, per the Death Penalty Information Center.
**By the numbers:** More than two dozen states have lethal injection as a primary method.
* **Lethal gas** is authorized in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wyoming.
* **Electrocution** is allowed in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee.
* **Firing squad** is allowed in Idaho, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Utah. Idaho is the only state where it is the primary method.
**Context:** Some states let prisoners choose among the different execution methods.
**Zoom out:** The Supreme Court requires states to keep the death penalty only for the most heinous murders.
* Pike, convicted of killing a classmate three decades ago, survived two rounds of lethal injection drugs earlier this week in what would have been the first execution of a woman in Tennessee in 200 years.
* Pike was still alive as of Friday, remaining on a ventilator and unconscious, AP reports.
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