Christa Pike hospitalized after surviving two execution attempts in Tennessee
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Christa Pike, a Tennessee death row prisoner convicted in the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, was hospitalized after surviving two rounds of lethal injections, according to The Guardian.
Pike, 50, was unconscious, burned and intubated after the failed execution, The Tennessean reported, citing a court filing. Her attorneys said her arms were swollen, burned and blistered, according to WZTV. The New York Times reported that pentobarbital was used in the two injection attempts.
Pike has spent about three decades on death row. Had the execution been completed, she would have become the first woman executed by Tennessee in 200 years.
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a last-minute effort to halt the execution. After the failed attempts, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee suspended executions in the state for the remainder of the year.
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