Christa Pike's attorneys to hold press conference 1 week after failed execution attempt
Attorneys say Pike remains in critical condition and want prison records preserved as officials investigate what went wrong with the lethal injection.
- On Wednesday, attorneys for death row inmate Christa Pike revealed she is conscious and speaking nearly one week after Tennessee failed to execute her with two lethal injections.
- Pike, 50, has "no memory" of the failed execution attempt, her legal team reported, and faces severe medical complications including pneumonia, a blood clot in her arm, and inability to swallow.
- Witnesses reported that about five minutes after receiving the injections at 7:30 p.m., Pike complained her arm felt as if it was "about to burst," suggesting a compromised IV line caused drugs to pool in tissue.
- Attorneys are seeking a court order requiring the Tennessee Department of Correction to preserve execution evidence including drug lot numbers and needles. Chancery Court Judge I'Ashea Myles scheduled a Wednesday status conference in Nashville.
- Republican Governor Bill Lee called the incident "deeply disturbing" and ordered a comprehensive third-party review to determine what occurred. He postponed Tennessee's only other scheduled execution for this year.
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The Independent
The Independent (US)Christa Pike’s legal team fights to preserve evidence from failed execution
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Christa Pike, who survived an execution last week, has a blood clot in her arm, according to her lawyer.
Krista Pike's legal team is expected to seek a court order to access the equipment used in her botched execution in Tennessee last week. The goal, she said, is to examine the equipment, including the syringes used in the attempt. Krista Pike, 50, was taken to a Nashville hospital unconscious, in critical condition and with significant injuries to her hands. This was caused when injections of the barbiturate pentobarbital failed to kill her las…
Just a week after her failed execution, Christa Pike wakes up unexpectedly. Now her lawyers talk about her condition. A court orders the seizure of evidence.
AZ Family - Phoenix
These were Christa Pike’s first words after execution attempt left her unconscious for days
Attorneys for Christa Pike have revealed the first words she said after regaining consciousness nearly a week after the state attempted to execute her and failed.
Reformatorisch Dagblad
dagelijksestandaard.nlThe lawyers of death row inmate Christa Pike were told on Monday evening that she was brain dead and that the ventilator would be switched off. A day later, she woke up and started talking. One of her lawyers said this at a press conference on Wednesday. "I have no explanation for it."
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