Christa Pike Reveals Agony One Month After Surviving Execution Attempt
Summary
Christa Pike said she remains in physical and emotional pain one month after Tennessee’s attempted execution was halted. She was hospitalized after receiving two doses of pentobarbital on September 30 and later returned to the women’s prison where she has been held for 30 years.Key Facts
- Pike is 50 years old.
- Tennessee attempted to execute Pike by lethal injection on September 30.
- Pike received two doses of pentobarbital during the execution attempt.
- She was hospitalized after the attempt and later discharged.
- Pike was returned to the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center.
- Pike said she continues to experience pain in her body, arm, hands, and throat, and struggles to speak.
- Pike was convicted in the 1995 murder of her classmate, Colleen Slemmer.
- Pike said she thinks about Slemmer’s family and the loss they endured.
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