Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched Tennessee execution, attorneys say

TL;DR

Christa Pike, convicted of murder in 1995, survived a lethal injection execution attempt on September 30 in Tennessee.
She is conscious, speaking, and receiving medical care in a hospital, though her prognosis is uncertain and she remains restrained.
The execution was halted when officials determined Pike had not lost consciousness and still had a heartbeat.
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced the resignation of the state's prison chief and the cancellation of other scheduled executions.
A third-party review of the botched execution will be conducted.
Pike's attorneys are seeking to have her sentence commuted to life imprisonment.

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