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Pike is recovering in isolation at the infirmary at the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, where she's been held for decades.
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Botched execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee
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BBC News – World BBC
US inmate Christa Pike says she woke up 'confused and in pain' after failed execution
CBS
Christa Pike speaks after botched execution: "Don't know what's next"
Pike is recovering in isolation at the infirmary at the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, where she's been held for decades.
Guardian
Christa Pike makes first public comments since failed execution: ‘There is pain in my mind and in my soul’
Pike is facing death penalty for 1995 murder of classmate, despite surviving a botched execution last month Christa Pike has marked a month since her failed execution by Tennessee and released a statement in which she laments the “incompetence” that has led to this moment, adding that despite ongoing healing she remains in constant physical pain and mental anguish. In comments released by her legal team on Friday, t…
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Euronews
Christa Pike describes 'pain in my mind and in my soul' in first statement after failed execution
Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital during her attempted execution on 30 September. She was sentenced to death for torturing and killing her classmate Colleen Slemmer in 1995, when she was 18.
ABC News
Christa Pike says she is 'recovering' after botched execution in new statement
Christa Pike is speaking out in a new statement after surviving a failed execution.
NYTimes – US NYT
Christa Pike Describes Pain and Isolation After Botched Execution
Convicted of a 1995 murder, Ms. Pike released her first statement since the failed attempt to execute her last month.
Sky News – Front Page Sky
'I woke up confused and in pain': Christa Pike describes moments after botched execution
Christa Pike, who survived an execution by lethal injection in the US, has spoken for the first time since the incident and said she is in constant physical and mental pain.
Sky News – Front Page Sky
'I'm deeply hurt by the incompetence': Christa Pike releases statement after botched execution
Christa Pike, who survived an execution by lethal injection in the US, has spoken publicly for the first time since the incident a month ago and said she is in constant physical and mental pain.
