# Christa Pike makes ‘profound’ health recovery after botched execution, lawyers say

https://mins.news/en/item/92951

- BBC News, 2026-10-09 02:09 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6dxw90kdp5yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Christa Pike’s lawyers say she has made a major recovery after surviving two injections during a failed execution in Tennessee. She can walk with assistance and eat, and has regained some arm movement. The governor has paused executions for the rest of the year while seeking answers about what went wrong.

## Stories

- [Tennessee Lethal Injection Failure](https://mins.news/en/topic/tennessee-christa-gail-pike-execution-failure) — Markdown: https://mins.news/en/topic/tennessee-christa-gail-pike-execution-failure.md

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