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What's in Christa Pike's first public statement since botched execution?

BBC News •
October 30, 2026 • 05:52 PM
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The BBC's Ione Wells looks at what Pike says in her statement about surviving two lethal injection attempts.

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US death row inmate Christa Pike has released her first public statement since her botched execution in September.

Pike, 50, was discharged from hospital at the end of last month after surviving two lethal injections of the drug pentobarbital, which left her in a critical condition.

She has since been sent back to the prison where she has spent the last 30 years for murdering Colleen Slemmer in 1995.

The BBC's Ione Wells looks at what Pike says in her statement about surviving a botched execution.

More on this story: US inmate Christa Pike says she woke up 'confused and in pain' after failed execution

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SBS News Australia
1w ago
A month after a botched execution, Christa Pike says she is still in pain

A month after a botched execution, Christa Pike says she is still in pain

Christa Pike is the only inmate to ever survive after being injected with lethal doses of execution drugs.

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ABC News Australia
2w ago
Christa Pike speaks of constant pain after botched execution

Christa Pike speaks of constant pain after botched execution

The 50-year-old survived two doses of pentobarbital as the state tried to execute her for the 1995 stabbing death of 19-year-old classmate Colleen Slemmer.

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The Australian Financial Review (AFR)
2w ago
‘Constant pain’: Christa Pike makes first statement since botched execution

‘Constant pain’: Christa Pike makes first statement since botched execution

A death row inmate at a Tennessee jail, Pike survived her execution in late September, saying she was prepared for death but woke up in a hospital bed.

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The Age
2w ago
‘I’m deeply hurt’: Christa Pike releases first statement since botched execution

‘I’m deeply hurt’: Christa Pike releases first statement since botched execution

Pike said she went into the execution chamber prepared to die in peace and woke up alone and confused in a hospital bed, and now lives in constant pain.

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CNN International
2w ago
Christa Pike, in first public comments since botched execution: ‘Healing is not the same as being okay’ | CNN

Christa Pike, in first public comments since botched execution: ‘Healing is not the same as being okay’ | CNN

Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection last month, is speaking out for the first time, saying she is recovering, “but healing is not the same as being okay.”

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Al Jazeera English
1w ago
US execution survivor Christa Pike says she is now in ‘constant pain’

US execution survivor Christa Pike says she is now in ‘constant pain’

Pike, 50, is being held in solitary confinement and faces an uncertain future after surviving a failed lethal injection.

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