Christa Pike's attorneys: Botched execution was "torturous" and "predictable"
Attorneys for Christa Pike, who survived an attempt by the state of Tennessee to put her to death, say they warned that her execution could be botched in exactly the way it was.
Christa Pike, 50, is in critical condition following Tennessee's failed execution attempt on Wednesday. The execution, originally scheduled for 10 a.m., was delayed for eight hours after a court ruling temporarily halted the process. Legal experts are calling Pike's case "singular and unparalleled," as she is the only person to survive an execution attempt.
Pike was strapped to a gurney in the death chamber and administered two doses of pentobarbital before losing consciousness. Her attorneys have called for the governor to commute her sentence, citing her medical conditions, which they claim would make the execution process agonizing. Pike was convicted of killing 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995.
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