Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after Tennessee failed execution, her attorneys say
Attorneys say Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital and remains under critical care as a court hearing is set on evidence preservation.
- On Tuesday, attorneys for Christa Pike announced the inmate is conscious and speaking while receiving medical care, nearly a week after Tennessee's failed execution attempt.
- Tennessee officials attempted to execute Pike on Sept. 30 for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer, but she survived two doses of pentobarbital during the lethal injection procedure.
- Despite severe arm injuries from the procedure, Pike remains handcuffed and shackled to her hospital bed, with swollen, burned, and blistered arms requiring ongoing medical treatment.
- Lee ordered a third-party review of the failed execution, and the state's corrections commissioner resigned following the incident; a court hearing is scheduled for Oct. 7.
- Pike faces a long recovery process, as her survival of lethal injection chemicals remains unprecedented in execution history, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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The 50-year-old of Tennessee wakes up after the non-execution of April 30
The woman remains handcuffed to a stretcher in intensive care and in police custody
Christa Pike was the first person in the United States to survive a complete execution attempt – now she is fighting in the hospital for her recovery, tied to bed.
Christa Pike Awake and Speaking After Failed Tennessee Execution
Christa Pike, a 50-year-old Tennessee death-row inmate who survived a failed lethal-injection execution last week, is now conscious and speaking, her attorneys said, as she continues to receive critical medical care. Pike was subjected to two doses of the lethal-injection drug pentobarbital on September 30 at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, but survived the […]
Krista Pike is recovering after two lethal injections, doctors and experts say it's 'unbelievable'. The governor of the state of Tennessee has suspended executions until the end of the year.
According to their lawyers, after a failed execution attempt, the US-American woman Christa Pike, sentenced to death, is conscious again and can speak. Her recovery is "medically unprecedented", according to a statement. The 50-year-old is still treated intensively medically. Her prognosis is still unclear, but at least a long recovery period is to be expected.
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