Christa Pike's attorneys renew push for commuted sentence after botched execution: "Take death off the table"

Conservatives Blast Botched Tennessee Execution As Denial Of Justice For Victim's Family

Conservative commentators say the failed execution of Christa Pike has denied justice to the family of Colleen Slemmer, while attorneys for Pike renew their push to have her death sentence commuted.

Christa Pike Deserves the Death Penalty

A botched execution is no reason justice shouldn’t be done.

Ex-Death Row inmate calls Christa Pike's failed execution "torture"

Rejon Taylor, whose sentence was commuted by Joe Biden, told Newsweek: “When I heard about her, it really brought me to tears."

Tennessee Catholic bishops join call for clemency for inmate who survived execution attempt

After Tennessee officials failed in their Sept. 30 attempt to execute death row inmate Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder, a number of faith leaders, including Tennessee's Catholic bishops, have called for her sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment.

Fallout From a Failed Execution

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Christa Pike Is Living Her 'Worst Nightmare' As She Remains In Critical Condition

Christa Pike‘s execution in Tennessee came three decades after she was convicted of murdering 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995. Pike […] The Christa Pike Is Living Her ‘Worst Nightmare’ As She Remains In Critical Condition first appeared on The Blast