Christa Pike

Christa Pike is an American woman convicted of murder who was the subject of a failed execution by lethal injection in Tennessee. She is currently in a hospital, unconscious and on a ventilator, following the incident.

Why it’s in the news: She is in the news because her execution failed, leading to the resignation of the Tennessee Department of Correction's commissioner and raising significant questions about the state's capital punishment procedures.

Latest on Christa Pike

• US murderer Christa Pike discharged from hospital 10 days after failed execution
• Christa Pike out of hospital and back in prison after surviving US execution attempt
• Christa Pike has 'profound' health turnaround after botched execution, lawyers say
• After failed US execution, Christa Pike is walking with help and eating, lawyers say
• Christa Pike now walking after failed US execution, lawyer tells BBC
• Texas carries out first US execution since Christa Pike's botched lethal injections
• Pike survived the state's lethal injection execution attempt on June 6. Her lawyers confirmed her transfer back to the women's prison where she has been housed for 30 years.
• as the state sought to put her to death eight days ago
• The drug did not kill her, and her lawyers said her arms were left burned and blistered.
• Pike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbital as the state sought to put her to death eight days ago for the 1995 beating and stabbing death of classmate Colleen Slemmer.
• She is receiving critical medical care at a hospital, according to her lawyers.
• Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate, is conscious and speaking after surviving a failed execution attempt on Tuesday.

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