Christa Pike is alive a day after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her, her lawyers say
Christa Pike remains alive following a failed execution attempt by the state of Tennessee. She was sentenced for a 1995 murder.
Christa Pike is in critical condition but receiving “lifesaving care” at a hospital, her lawyers said Thursday, a day after she survived a failed attempt to execute her for the 1995 murder during what Tennessee's governor called a “deeply disturbing” procedure.
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