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US Execution Survivor Critically Ill, on Ventilator: Lawyer
Her lawyer called for commutation after officials failed to end her life with two lethal injections, and the governor halted further executions pending review.
Christa Pike remains in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections, as her lawyer urges Governor Bill Lee to commute her sentence to life in prison.
Christa Pike was supposed to be the first woman killed in over 200 years in Tennessee but her lethal injection execution failed. Her vital prognosis is still unknown.