Christa Pike Awake After Surviving Botched Tennessee Execution

Christa Pike Awake After Surviving Botched Tennessee Execution

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike has regained consciousness and is speaking, nearly a week after surviving two failed lethal injection doses during a botched execution. Her attorneys call her recovery 'medically unprecedented' and are seeking to preserve evidence as Tennessee suspends executions.

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