'Against all odds': American woman Christa Pike 'awake, speaking' after failed execution in Tennessee
- Christa Pike’s lawyers say she is awake after failed executionTennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is awake and speaking at a hospital, her lawyers said Tuesday, six days after a failed lethal injection left her unconscious and on a ventilator.
- Pike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbital during the September 30 execution attempt over the 1995 beating and stabbing death of her classmate Colleen Slemmer.
- The lethal injection did not kill her, and her lawyers said her arms were left burned and blistered.
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- Christa Pike’s lawyers say she is awake after failed executionTennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is awake and speaking at a hospital, her lawyers said Tuesday, six days after a failed lethal injection left her unconscious and on a ventilator.
- Pike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbital during the September 30 execution attempt over the 1995 beating and stabbing death of her classmate Colleen Slemmer.
- The lethal injection did not kill her, and her lawyers said her arms were left burned and blistered.
Sources: Times of India