Christa Pike’s attorney calls for commutation after botched execution | CNN

Attorney Randy Spivey spoke out on Thursday about the failed execution of his client Christa Pike in Tennessee, calling for the governor to commute Pike's sentence. Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. Following the botched execution, Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, announced he would call off the state’s last remaining execution this year while a third-party review takes place to “determine what exactly occurred” in Pike’s case, according to The Associated Press.

Witnesses described how Christa Pike remained alive after Tennessee officials administered two rounds of the state’s lethal injection drug. Her lawyers had argued before the execution about risks posed by her unusually small veins, but officials have not yet determined what went wrong. CNN’s Ryan Young reports.

The Indian pilot who was stabbed by his copilot and helped avert disaster aboard a Flydubai flight heading to Israel with more than 170 people on board is being hailed as a hero. Here’s what we know about Captain Smit Machchhar.

"If you're descending that rapidly, the aircraft would have disintegrated completely." That was the chilling reality shared by pilot Aaron Murphy on Erin Burnett OutFront. Using a flight simulator, Murphy showed viewers what happens when a plane drops thousands of feet in seconds.

Media witness Tori Gessner describes what she saw and heard before and during Tennessee’s attempted execution of Christa Pike.

New York state officials are pushing for changes to the state's rape law after disturbing gang rape allegations at Cornell University. Lawmakers want to close what they call a loophole, which currently makes it harder to prosecute cases where a victim becomes incapacitated through voluntary alcohol or drug use.

Xavier Becerra, the Democratic nominee in California’s race for governor, sought to tie his Republican opponent Steve Hilton to the policies of President Donald Trump as the two debated Wednesday night on CNN .

Dashcam video shows the moment a driver in Omaha narrowly missed colliding with a semi truck as highways were slick from heavy rainfall enhanced by the remnants of Hurricane Polo.

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目击者描述了克丽斯塔·派克在田纳西州官员给她注射了两剂该州指定的致命注射药物后仍然存活的情况。她的律师在行刑前曾就她异常细小的血管所带来的风险提出异议，但官员们尚未确定究竟出了什么问题。CNN记者瑞安·杨报道。

印度籍机长斯密特·马赫查尔（Smit Machchhar）在迪拜航空一架载有170多名乘客飞往以色列的航班上，被副驾驶刺伤后挺身而出，避免了一场灾难，他被誉为英雄。以下是关于马赫查尔机长的相关信息。

“如果下降速度这么快，飞机早就完全解体了。”这是飞行员亚伦·墨菲在艾琳·伯内特主持的《OutFront》节目中分享的令人不寒而栗的现实。墨菲利用飞行模拟器向观众展示了飞机在几秒钟内骤降数千英尺会发生什么。

媒体证人托里·格斯纳描述了她在田纳西州试图处决克丽斯塔·派克之前和期间所看到和听到的事情。

在康奈尔大学发生令人震惊的轮奸案后，纽约州官员正推动修改该州的强奸法。立法者希望堵上他们所称的法律漏洞，该漏洞目前使得在受害者因自愿饮酒或吸毒而丧失行为能力的情况下，更难提起诉讼。

加州州长竞选的民主党候选人泽维尔·贝塞拉(Xavier Becerra)在周三晚间CNN的辩论中，试图将他的共和党对手史蒂夫·希尔顿(Steve Hilton)与唐纳德·特朗普总统的政策联系起来。

行车记录仪视频显示，在飓风波罗残余带来的强降雨导致高速公路路面湿滑的情况下，奥马哈一名司机险些与一辆半挂卡车相撞。