Posted on 10/09/2026 6:57:04 AM PDT by xxqqzz
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Christa Pike has begun walking and eating again at a hospital a week after surviving Tennessee's attempt to execute her with lethal drugs, her attorneys said Thursday.
Tennessee Assistant Attorney General John W. Ayers, left, presents arguments during a court hearing, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn., as attorneys for Christa Pike request the Tennessee Department of Corrections to preserve all evidence related to her failed execution.
Pike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbital as the state sought to giver her a lethal injection eight days ago for the 1995 beating and stabbing death of classmate Colleen Slemmer. The drug didn't kill her, and her arms were left burned and blistered, according to her lawyers. For the first few days of her hospitalization, Pike was unconscious and on a ventilator.
Her first steps on Wednesday were "limited" and she required some assistance as she walked on Thursday, her lawyers said in a statement. She is also regaining mobility in her arms, and she was able to eat for the first time.
But the lawyers warned uncertainty remains about her physical recovery and her legal standing after the attempt to carry out her death sentence.
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And the relatives will surely get compensated "on her behalf". lol...What a system..
The DEI team she insisted on failed in two attempts. Perhaps PlanC ought to be a pillow.
This “execution” was an anti death penalty setup from the start.
“lol...What a system”
And the American justice system is widely viewed as the best in the world.
So why can’t they inject Potassium chloride RIGHT NOW???
Or better shooting.
Regardless, she should be set free.
Lets spend a gazillion dollars making her well enough to execute again! Stupidest people in government EVER!
She’s a brutal murderess. I believe the three women who tended her conspired to keep her alive.
Hopefully she can regain her strength and then be executed shortly afterwards.
😭
Good news! Now fatten her up and get on with a firing squad or hanging!!!
Or bigger ones
What a whopper of a contradiction this whole affair is.
How much fentanyl do you think Tennessee cops have locked up in evidence rooms? I’ve been told a match head sized dose would kill me easily, one wonders why…
Oh, never mind.
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