Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say
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Summary
Christa Pike, a Tennessee prisoner, survived a failed execution where two doses of the drug pentobarbital did not kill her. She is now awake, speaking, and receiving medical care in a hospital, but her full recovery is uncertain.Key Facts
- Christa Pike is 50 years old and was sentenced to death for a 1995 murder committed when she was 18.
- She survived two doses of pentobarbital during an execution attempt in Tennessee.
- Pike is conscious, talking, and under critical medical care in a Nashville hospital.
- Despite her condition, she is still handcuffed and shackled to her hospital bed.
- Witnesses reported that Pike appeared to choke and struggle for about an hour after the first injection.
- The failed execution led to the resignation of Tennessee’s prison chief, Frank Strada.
- Pike was convicted for the torture and killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer.
- This event sparked reactions from death penalty critics and advocates who condemned the execution attempt.
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