‘I’m deeply hurt’: Christa Pike releases first statement since botched execution
Christa Pike, who survived a botched lethal injection in Tennessee, has released a statement expressing physical and emotional pain. The state has launched an investigation into the failed execution, leading to the resignation of the prison chief.
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Share A A A Christa Pike said on Friday that she remains in constant pain and struggles to speak a month after surviving a lethal injection in Tennessee , a failure she blames on “incompetence”.
In her first public statement since the execution, Pike said she never contemplated a life beyond her execution date and was prepared to die in peace, but woke up alone and confused in a hospital bed .
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