US death row inmate Christa Pike awake and speaking after failed execution
A picture taken on December 4, 2007 shows death row inmate Christa Pike entering a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, US., obtained by Reuters on September 30, 2026. J. Miles Cary/ Knoxville News Sentinel/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
US death row inmate Christa Pike awake and speaking after failed execution, lawyers say
US death row inmate Christa Pike is “conscious and speaking” after surviving a failed execution attempt last week, her lawyers say.
Pike, 50, continues to receive critical medical care while handcuffed in hospital, her attorneys said in a statement on Tuesday.
Pike, who was sentenced to death after murdering Colleen Slemmer in 1995, survived two failed lethal injections last Wednesday in Tennessee. She was taken to hospital, where she remained unconscious for days as medical staff cleared her body of the injected chemical.
Experts and her legal team say her apparent recovery is unprecedented. She is believed to be the only person to survive a lethal injection.
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