Christa Pike Awake After Botched Tennessee Execution

Christa Pike Awake After Botched Tennessee Execution

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike, 50, is awake and speaking nearly a week after surviving two doses of lethal injection during a failed execution attempt. Her attorneys describe her recovery as 'medically unprecedented' but say she is 'angry and confused,' suffering pneumonia and severe arm injuries, while Tennessee suspends executions.

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