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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Jeffrey Collins

Christa Pike's lawyer says she has not regained consciousness since her failed Tennessee execution

Tennessee Execution - (Tennessee Department of Correction)

Christa Pike has remained unconscious and on a ventilator at a hospital in the four days since her failed execution in Tennessee, and her prognosis might not be known for days more, one of her lawyers said Sunday.

Little has been released about Pike's condition since Wednesday night's execution attempt. She has since remained hospitalized under guard as doctors try to get the massive dose of the barbiturate pentobarbital out of her system.

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