Mother of Christa Pike's victim speaks out following botched execution
The mother of Colleen Slemmer, who was murdered in 1995, has spoken out following a failed execution attempt for Christa Pike. Pike has been on death row for three decades for the crime.
Wednesday's execution attempt came 30 years after Christa Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer.
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