Request to halt Texas execution denied in wake of Pike's botched lethal injection
A Texas court on Wednesday refused to halt the execution of a man who fatally shot a convenience store clerk, after his attorneys cited the failed lethal injection of Christa Pike in Tennessee.
<p>A Texas court on Wednesday refused to halt the execution of a man who fatally shot a convenience store clerk, after his attorneys cited the failed lethal injection of Christa Pike in Tennessee.</p>