# ‘Absolute torture’: Female US inmate in critical condition after botched execution

https://mins.news/en/item/93324

- France 24, 2026-10-09 14:03 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261009-absolute-torture-female-us-inmate-in-critical-condition-after-botched-execution

> Lawyers say Christa Pike, a condemned murderer who survived two lethal injections during a failed execution in Tennessee, is in critical condition and receiving life-saving care. She was rushed from the prison execution chamber to hospital after two doses of pentobarbital. A spokesperson for an anti-death-penalty organization called the ordeal “absolute torture.”

## 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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