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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rachel Dobkin

Christa Pike’s lawyer reveals her first words on waking up from botched execution

Christa Pike’s lawyers have revealed the Tennessee death row inmate’s first words after waking up from her botched execution.

Pike, 50, was set to be put to death last Wednesday, but she survived two lethal injections at Riverbend maximum security prison in Nashville. She was then taken to a hospital and placed on a ventilator.

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