Christa Pike Awake After Tennessee's Botched Execution

Christa Pike Awake After Tennessee's Botched Execution

Christa Pike, a Tennessee death row inmate who survived two doses of lethal injection during a botched execution last week, is now conscious and speaking in the hospital, her attorneys say. Her lawyers describe her recovery as 'medically unprecedented' but note she suffered severe arm injuries and pneumonia, with Tennessee suspending executions for the rest of the year.

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