Pike conscious after failed execution in US, lawyers say
Christa Pike, who survived a Tennessee execution attempt last week, is conscious and speaking as she receives treatment in hospital, her lawyers have said.
US death row inmate Christa Pike is conscious and receiving medical care following a failed execution attempt, according to her lawyers. Pike, 50, was sentenced to death in 1995 for the murder of Colleen Slemmer and survived two lethal injections last week, leading to her transfer to a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. Her lawyers have stated that her recovery is medically unprecedented and that a long recovery is expected, making her the only known person to survive an execution attempt in the US.
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has suspended all executions for the rest of the year, and the head of prisons in the state plans to resign. The circumstances surrounding the failed execution attempt remain unclear, and authorities have not announced whether they will attempt to execute Pike again.
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