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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Joe Sommerlad

Christa Pike’s advisor reveals what happened when she woke up from botched execution

Death row inmate Christa Pike has been left with no memory of her attempted execution at a Tennessee prison last week after surviving two lethal injections intended to end her life, a medical expert has said.

Attorneys for Pike, 50, announced she was awake and talking Tuesday – six days after she was raced to hospital for life-saving care when the twin doses of pentobarbital failed – branding her recovery a “medically unprecedented” event.

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