Christa Pike conscious, speaking after surviving botched execution: Lawyers
Death row inmate received two supposedly lethal doses of pentobarbital last week at Tennessee prison
Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate who survived Tennessee's attempted execution, is awake and speaking as she recovers in a hospital, according to her lawyers. The 1995 murder conviction led to Pike's lethal injection attempt on September 30, 2021, where two doses of the drug pentobarbital failed to kill her - leaving her with severe burns and blisters on her arms.
Despite this, Pike is now conscious, speaking, and receiving critical medical care. Her lawyers are optimistic about her long recovery, but acknowledge that her prognosis remains unclear, and it could take weeks or months to know the full extent of her recovery. Her lawyers have filed a request to the court to learn more about the failed lethal injection, seeking a court order to preserve evidence from the incident.
Pike's legal team is also continuing to ask Tennessee Governor Bill Lee to commute her sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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