Emergency calls from botched Christa Pike execution released to US media
Emergency calls from botched Christa Pike execution published to US media.
Emergency calls from botched Christa Pike execution published to US media.
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- The recordings, obtained by the Associated Press, show authorities trying to secure more information regarding the incident.
- Another recording demonstrates Kelly Gleason, Christa Pike's defence attorney, calling for assist.
- "She is still alive and breathing and needs immediate life-saving care, " she notes.
Meanwhile, a series of newly-released calls after the failed execution of US death row inmate Christa Pike reveal emergency services were delayed by first responders' confusion whether calls were real or a "prank".
Notably, the recordings, obtained by the Associated Press, show authorities trying to secure more information regarding the incident.
"We are trying to find out if that is an actual thing that is happening and we need to send an ambulance and, or if you need police assistance or if this is someone that is just basically prank calling or, like, swatting us, " one dispatcher can be heard saying during a call.
"She is still alive and breathing and needs immediate life-saving care, " she notes. You are now after Tennessee.
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For now, emergency calls from botched Christa Pike execution released to US media remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.
