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Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after Tennessee failed execution, her attorneys say
- On Tuesday, attorneys for Christa Pike announced the inmate is conscious and speaking while receiving medical care, nearly a week after Tennessee's failed execution attempt.
- Tennessee officials attempted to execute Pike on Sept. 30 for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer, but she survived two doses of pentobarbital during the lethal injection procedure.
- Despite severe arm injuries from the procedure, Pike remains handcuffed and shackled to her hospital bed, with swollen, burned, and blistered arms requiring ongoing medical treatment.
- Lee ordered a third-party review of the failed execution, and the state's corrections commissioner resigned following the incident; a court hearing is scheduled for Oct. 7.
- Pike faces a long recovery process, as her survival of lethal injection chemicals remains unprecedented in execution history, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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