Christa Pike’s lawyer says she has not regained consciousness since her failed Tennessee execution
Doctors are trying to clear two doses of pentobarbital from her system, and lawyers say her prognosis may not be known for days.
- On Sunday, Assistant Federal Defender Stephen Ferrell said Christa Pike remains unconscious on a ventilator at a Tennessee hospital, four days after a failed execution attempt on Wednesday night.
- Pike, now 50, was 18 when she and her boyfriend tortured and killed classmate Colleen Slemmer in 1995, becoming one of the youngest women sent to death row in Tennessee.
- Tennessee prison officials administered two doses of pentobarbital on Wednesday night; lawyers said the caustic drugs left Pike with burned and blistered arms.
- When asked on CNN's 'State of the Union' if Pike regained consciousness, Ferrell replied, 'Not that I am aware of.' Pike gave someone medical power of attorney protecting her privacy.
- A spokeswoman for the defense team said early Sunday, 'We appreciate all respect for Christa's rightful privacy.' Doctors continue attempting to remove the massive barbiturate dose from her system.
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Christa Pike, the woman sentenced to death in Tennessee, remains in critical condition at the hospital, and her prognosis is still uncertain, following the failed execution, said her lawyer, quoted by the BBC on Sunday. Doctors are still trying to remove from her body the two doses of pentobarbital, said in an interview granted CNN to Pike's lawyer, ...
Doctors are still trying to remove pentobarbital, which was used in the attempted execution, from Christa Pike's system, who is on a ventilator.
Christa Pike remains in heavily guarded hospital room, ‘may not fully recover’ after botched Tennessee execution: attorney
Christa Pike, 50, whose attempted execution on Wednesday left her snoring, then unconscious – but ultimately alive – has not come since the administration of the two rounds of lethal injections, of which she’s the first person to survive, lawyers said.
<p>What will happen to Krista Pike after the failed execution is still unknown - the lawyer told about her condition Convicted for execution Krista Pike is on ventilator after two unsuccessful injections. Doctors do not predict her recovery and consequences.</p>
Miami, U.S.A., Oct. 4 (EFE).- Inmate Christa Pike, who survived two lethal injection attempts last Wednesday, remains in critical condition and connected to a respirator in a Tennessee hospital, her lawyer reported this Sunday. Stephen Ferrell, counsel for the woman who was sentenced to death for her participation [...] The entry Christa Pike is still hospitalized in critical condition after failing her execution in Tennessee was first published…
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