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Christa Pike in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections, lawyer says

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Pike’s lawyers have asked for her death sentence to be commuted following the botched execution.

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Section: US & Canada
By: Brandon Drenon
Published: Oct 1, 2026, 7:52 PM UTC
Updated: Oct 2, 2026, 11:06 AM UTC

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Pike, who survived two lethal injections on Sept. 30, will keep getting medical care at the Nashville prison where she has been held for more than 30 years.

YahooChrista Pike released from hospital and returned to prison after failed execution, lawyers say

Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection, has been moved back to prison, her attorneys said Saturday.

WPRI.comChrista Pike is discharged from a hospital after surviving execution attempt, her attorneys say

Pike survived two doses of the lethal drug pentobarbital as the state sought to execute her for the 1995 murder of classmate Colleen Slemmer.

NewsweekChrista Pike Released From Hospital After Botched Execution

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Christa Pike

American murderer on death row (born 1976)

Christa Gail Pike is an American convicted murderer on death row in Tennessee. In 1995, when she was 18, Pike and her boyfriend lured their 19-year-old classmate Colleen Slemmer into a wooded area in Knoxville where they tortured and killed her. Slemmer was beaten, slashed, and had a pentagram carved in her chest before Pike killed her by crushing her skull. Pike was arrested within two days and sentenced to death in 1996 at the age of 20, making her one of the youngest women to receive a death sentence in the United States during the post-Furman period.

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Tennessee Inmate in Critical Condition After ‘Torturous’ Botched Execution, Lawyer SaysThe New York TimesUnited States3 days ago
Christa Pike released from hospital and returned to prison after failed execution, lawyers sayYahoo2 days ago
Convicted murderer Christa Pike leaves hospital, returns to prison after botched executionFrance 24France2 days ago
Christa Pike is discharged from a hospital after surviving execution attempt, her attorneys sayWPRI.com2 days ago
Christa Pike Released From Hospital After Botched ExecutionNewsweek2 days ago
Christa Pike returns to prison after failed executionStraight Arrow2 days ago
Christa Pike, Who Survived Lethal Injections, Returns To US PrisonNDTVIndia2 days ago
Christa Pike discharged from hospital to jail after surviving botched executionSky News2 days ago
Christa Pike, who survived an execution attempt, is discharged from hospital, attorney saysGulf News2 days ago
Christa Pike To Face Execution Again? Death Row Inmate Back In Jail After Surviving Lethal InjectionThe Times of IndiaIndia2 days ago
Christa Pike, who survived lethal injection, leaves hospital, returns to prisoncna.alAlbania2 days ago
Christa Pike Returns to Prison After Surviving Failed ExecutionTVC News2 days ago

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