US murderer Christa Pike unconscious and on ventilator after failed execution, lawyer says
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Summary
Christa Pike, a death row inmate in Tennessee, was unconscious and on a ventilator after a failed execution attempt by lethal injection. She was given two doses of the drug pentobarbital but did not die and was taken to a hospital for treatment.Key Facts
- Christa Pike is a 50-year-old inmate sentenced to death in 1996.
- She was convicted of murdering Colleen Slemmer.
- Authorities tried to execute her using lethal injection with pentobarbital.
- Pike was given two doses of the drug but stayed alive after the execution attempt.
- She was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Pike is currently unconscious, intubated (has a tube to help her breathe), and on a ventilator.
- Her lawyers want her death sentence to be changed to a lesser punishment after the failed execution.
- This incident occurred while she was on Tennessee’s death row.
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