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Christa Pike Unconscious and on Ventilator After Botched Execution
thegatewaypundit.com ^ | Oct. 2, 2026 | Cristina Laila

Posted on 10/03/2026 5:47:39 AM PDT by V_TWIN

Christa Pike is unconscious and on a ventilator after a botched execution late Wednesday evening, her attorneys said.

Christa Pike, 50, was sentenced to death for a 1995 fatal stabbing, torture and beating of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer.

An inverted pentagram was carved into Slemmer’s chest during the gruesome murder.

Pike was 18 at the time of the murder. Pike’s boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, was also convicted of the 1995 murder.

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1 posted on 10/03/2026 5:47:39 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: V_TWIN
One would think that a condemned prisoner would have a DNR established when being executed.
2 posted on 10/03/2026 5:53:15 AM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: V_TWIN

Because hanging is so barbarous?


3 posted on 10/03/2026 5:54:21 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along.)
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To: V_TWIN

Totally asinine... Life saving medical help after a failed execution. Unhook the ventilator. The bxtch needs to suffer and die.


4 posted on 10/03/2026 5:54:48 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: V_TWIN

Turn off everything she’s suppose to DIE


5 posted on 10/03/2026 5:58:14 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: V_TWIN

Just put her in a room filled with nitrogen gas. They’ll go into nitrogen narcosis and never wake up. Plus, it’ll be painless. Much more effective than lethal injection.

What are the odds that these two women’s executions were intentionally botched?


6 posted on 10/03/2026 6:00:15 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: maddog55

YES


7 posted on 10/03/2026 6:00:25 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: maddog55

Couldn’t agree more. Pull the plug.


8 posted on 10/03/2026 6:00:46 AM PDT by Jack023
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To: V_TWIN

God’s plan.

EC


9 posted on 10/03/2026 6:07:38 AM PDT by Ex-Con777 ("Journalism is about covering important stories-with a pillow, until they stop moving." ~ David Burg)
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To: V_TWIN

“An inverted pentagram was carved into Slemmer’s chest during the gruesome murder”.

Invoke the devil and bad things happen to you. Surprise.


10 posted on 10/03/2026 6:08:02 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Jack023; maddog55

Yes, that would seem to be the most common sense avenue to take since everybody’s so worried about being humane.

Too bad her victim didn’t get all this consideration.


11 posted on 10/03/2026 6:08:51 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

Perversely, her family will be made extremely wealthy as a result of this botched (sabotaged?) execution.


12 posted on 10/03/2026 6:09:41 AM PDT by drwoof
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Oh yeah. The state is gonna get sued into oblivion.


13 posted on 10/03/2026 6:10:22 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

This happened because medical professionals could not find a vein. Are those medical professionals still licensed to practice in Tennessee? They sound dangerously incompotent.


14 posted on 10/03/2026 6:12:56 AM PDT by Bernard (The only Fair Tax is the Tax that taxes you and not me.)
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To: V_TWIN

I have to fight the urge to find solace in her suffering. That isn’t right.

However, I will say that it seems that justice may be meted out after all, even if delayed.


15 posted on 10/03/2026 6:15:23 AM PDT by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats. )
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To: V_TWIN

Revive her and kill her again. Make it the new standard operating procedure.


16 posted on 10/03/2026 6:15:34 AM PDT by brownsfan (We are already on the slippery slope.)
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To: butlerweave

AMEN!!


17 posted on 10/03/2026 6:19:33 AM PDT by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest holeYou had so much to offer, why didya offer your soul?)
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To: V_TWIN

Pull.
The.
Plug.

She still hasn’t suffered enough to compensate for the suffering she imposed on her “friend”.


18 posted on 10/03/2026 6:21:01 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.)
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To: Nathan _in_Arkansas

I agree with you.


19 posted on 10/03/2026 6:21:43 AM PDT by Old Grumpy
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To: V_TWIN

Steely Dan had the right idea.......


20 posted on 10/03/2026 6:21:49 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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