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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bryony Gooch

Christa Pike remains ‘critically ill’ on ventilator as lawyers unsure she’ll recover from botched execution

Christa Pike hasn’t regained consciousness and remains on a ventilator in hospital just four days since her failed execution in Tennessee, her attorney has said.

Little information has been released about Pike’s condition since prison officials attempted to execute her on Wednesday night with two doses of pentobarbital, which led her to be hospitalized as she survived the lethal injections with burned and blistered arms.

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