# Christa Pike is awake after surviving execution: What happens now?

https://mins.news/en/item/89454

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-07 10:22 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/7/christa-pike-is-awake-after-surviving-execution-what-happens-now?traffic_source=rss

> Tennessee death-row inmate Christa Pike is conscious and speaking in a Nashville hospital after surviving a failed lethal-injection attempt last week, her lawyers say. Her prognosis is unclear. They will ask a court to require the Tennessee Department of Correction to preserve drug, needle and execution records as they investigate whether the IV lines were improperly placed.

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