Pikes botched execution: Letters to the Editor Oct. 5, 2026

The Issue: Tennessee’s two-time failed execution of convicted murderer Christa Pike.Convicted murderer Christa Pike survived a botched execution (“Injected new life into killer,” Oct.2).She should now be electrocuted.

This heinous human being lured an innocent young girl into the woods.There, she cut her up with a box cutter, beat her with a meat cleaver, then repeatedly slashed her throat while the victim pleaded for her life.Her victim won’t marry or have children.

Let justice be done ASAP.Saul MishaanBrooklynChrista Pike’s crime was barbaric, but the punishment was, too.It seems the ancient legal principle — “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” — was applied in this case.Now that the injectors failed to execute her, perhaps it becomes a case of misfeasance.This death sentence needs to be revoked.

After all, she’s spent over 30 years in prison and survived two execution attempts.Others have committed multiple murders and were not executed.Frank BradyYonkersNo matter how horrible and satanic the crime Christa Pike committed, why did they wait 25 years before attempting to execute her?And with assisted suicide now being a leading cause of death in Canada, why not import a few of the administrators of the Canadian program to perform our lethal injections?Clearly, they know what they’re doing.Daniel HodgeUnion, NJA convicted murderer on death row is miraculously saved and rushed to the hospital where live-saving measures are keeping her alive.What’s more, there are unapologetic people who now want her sentence to be commuted.

Is she less guilty simply because an inadequate system bungled her execution?Bob OryChicagoWhat about the electric chair to execute Christa Pike? A firing squad? Poison? Or maybe a meat cleaver like she used on her victim, 19-year-old Colleen?The poor mother still hasn’t seen her daughter’s killer put to death.This should have been done 30 years ago.Carol MeltzerManhattanThe Issue: The release of five men ac...