'Don't Know Why I Survived': Christa Pike's First Words After Failed Execution In US
Christa Pike, one of the youngest women sentenced to death in the U.S., survived a failed execution attempt. She was convicted for the 1995 murder of her classmate, Colleen Slemmer.
Why it matters
The case reignites the ethical and legal debate surrounding the death penalty and the handling of botched executions in the American justice system.
Pike and her boyfriend tortured and stabbed a 19-year-old classmate, Colleen Slemmer, to death in 1995.
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