Christa Pike awake and speaking week after botched execution, attorneys say
A Tennessee woman who survived two doses of lethal injection is awake and speaking nearly a week after attempts to execute her failed, leaving her unconscious and intubated in a Nashville hospital.
TL;DR
- Christa Pike, convicted of murder, is awake and speaking nearly a week after her execution attempt failed.
- She received two doses of lethal injection and was subsequently hospitalized, unconscious and intubated.
- Her attorneys described her recovery as medically unprecedented and noted she is still handcuffed and shackled.
- Pike was convicted in 1996 for the murder of her classmate, Colleen Slemmer.
- Corrections Commissioner Frank Strada resigned following the botched execution.
- An independent review is examining the events of Pike's execution attempt.