# Death row inmate Christa Pike is ‘conscious and talking’ after failed execution

https://mins.news/en/video/88790

- BBC News, 2026-10-06 22:28 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYGzFQLOb20

> Death row inmate Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after a failed lethal-injection attempt in Tennessee, her lawyers say. The 50-year-old remains handcuffed in hospital receiving critical care. She was sentenced to death for murdering Colleen Slemmer in 1995 and has survived two lethal injections.

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