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Christa Pike's family break silence over botched execution
- Christa Pike remained alive in critical condition after Tennessee officials administered two lethal injections during a failed execution.
- Pike’s lawyers said she had pneumonia, could not eat, and might be unable to move her arms after receiving the injections.
- Her aunt, Carrie Ross, said relatives had been unable to speak with Pike since she awoke from a coma, and Pike asked, “Where am I and who are you?”
- Ross sought commutation of Pike’s death sentence to life without parole, calling another execution attempt “torture” and saying Pike had suffered enough.
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Christa Pike's aunt claims botched execution was providential: 'God is in control'
The aunt of Christa Pike claimed in a recent interview that God willed the recent botched execution of her niece, who had been sentenced to death in Tennessee for torturing and murdering a young woman in 1995.
·Washington, United States
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May Martinez couldn't take her eyes off Christa Pike as her daughter's killer was executed. Now she doubts the state will try again.
·Copenhagen, Denmark
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Christa Pike's Aunt Says Botched Execution Was God's Will
Christa Pike's aunt says her niece is still alive because it's what God wants ... she believes the Almighty is in control now -- not officials in Tennessee. Carrie Ross -- Christa's aunt who helped raise her -- told the Daily Mail she believes…
·Burbank, United States
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