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Christa Pike speaks out since botched execution for the first time | CNN

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October 30, 2026 • 12:00 PM
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Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection a month ago, is speaking out for the first time. Pike, 50, was hospitalized after she survived two doses of pentobarbital as the state attempted to execute her on September 30 for the 1995 beating and stabbing death of classmate Colleen Slemmer.

Christa Pike speaks out since botched execution for the first time | CNN

Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection a month ago, is speaking out for the first time. Pike, 50, was hospitalized after she survived two doses of pentobarbital as the state attempted to execute her on September 30 for the 1995 beating and stabbing death of classmate Colleen Slemmer.

Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection a month ago, is speaking out for the first time. Pike, 50, was hospitalized after she survived two doses of pentobarbital as the state attempted to execute her on September 30 for the 1995 beating and stabbing death of 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 Guardian
3w ago
Medical experts shocked by Tennessee team’s ‘malpractice’ in Christa Pike’s failed execution

Medical experts shocked by Tennessee team’s ‘malpractice’ in Christa Pike’s failed execution

New details of IV team’s attempts to find a vein shared by Pike’s lawyer ‘shocked and disturbed’ practitioners

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SBS News Australia
2w 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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BBC News
2w ago
What's in Christa Pike's first public statement since botched execution?

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

The BBC's Ione Wells looks at what Pike says in her statement about surviving two lethal injection attempts.

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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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