Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after Tennessee failed execution, her attorneys say
Her lawyers say she is conscious and speaking while asking Tennessee to preserve evidence and review the failed lethal injection, which left her arms badly burned.
- On Tuesday, attorneys for Christa Pike announced the inmate is conscious and speaking while receiving medical care, nearly a week after Tennessee's failed execution attempt.
- Tennessee officials attempted to execute Pike on Sept. 30 for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer, but she survived two doses of pentobarbital during the lethal injection procedure.
- Despite severe arm injuries from the procedure, Pike remains handcuffed and shackled to her hospital bed, with swollen, burned, and blistered arms requiring ongoing medical treatment.
- Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee ordered a third-party review of the failed execution, and the state's corrections commissioner resigned following the incident; a court hearing is scheduled for Oct. 7.
- Pike faces a long recovery process, as her survival of lethal injection chemicals remains unprecedented in execution history, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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