Christa Pike has awoken and begun speaking from her hospital bed nearly a week after Tennessee authorities botched her execution, her lawyers say. She survived two lethal-injection attempts for the 1995 murder of a 19-year-old woman. Her lawyers are seeking answers and asking that evidence be preserved.

BBBC News2026-10-07 22:00

ABC News’ Peter Charalambous answers commonly searched questions about Christa Pike’s botched execution, including whether she could face execution again, whether she can sue and how she survived.

AABC News2026-10-07 21:56

Christa Pike’s lawyers say she is severely unwell after surviving two lethal injections and is “angry and confused about everything right now.” After a court hearing on Wednesday, a judge ordered Tennessee officials to preserve all evidence from the botched execution.

GGuardian News2026-10-07 20:21

Christa Pike’s attorneys said Wednesday that she is “angry and confused” after the failed execution. A Nashville judge said Tennessee officials would be ordered to preserve all evidence from last week’s two botched lethal injections, including syringes and other tools. Lawyer Randy Spivey said Pike has a blood clot in one arm and pneumonia.

GGlobal News2026-10-07 20:09

A judge granted a motion to preserve evidence related to Christa Pike’s botched execution. ABC News’ Morgan Norwood and contributor Bernarda Villalona discuss the next steps in her case.

AABC News2026-10-07 19:34

A lawyer said Wednesday that Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike “woke up and began talking” after the state’s failed lethal-injection execution left her unconscious and on a ventilator, prompting further questions about her medical and legal future.

TThe Associated Press2026-10-07 19:24

At an emergency hearing, a Tennessee judge ordered the state to preserve evidence related to Christa Pike’s failed execution. Her attorneys said she has pneumonia and no function in her arms, after the execution attempt left her unconscious and on life support for six days.

NNBC News2026-10-07 19:18

Christa Pike’s attorneys brief the public after a court hearing on the state’s failed attempt to execute her on September 30.

GGuardian News2026-10-07 17:49

Christa Pike’s lawyers are holding a news conference following a hearing on an emergency motion to preserve evidence related to her botched execution.

AABC News2026-10-07 17:40

Christa Pike’s attorneys told a court that she is awake and has asked for her death sentence to be reduced to life in prison.

AABC News2026-10-07 17:08

A Tennessee court is holding a hearing after Christa Pike survived a lethal-injection execution attempt last week. It was the state’s first attempt to execute a woman in two centuries.

RReuters2026-10-07 16:09

Lawyers for Christa Pike are expected to speak after she survived an execution attempt in Tennessee. Pike, 50, is on death row after being convicted of murder in 1995.

CCBC News2026-10-07 16:03

Lawyers for US death row inmate Christa Pike asked a judge to order Tennessee to preserve all evidence from last week’s failed execution. They say she survived two doses of pentobarbital, is now conscious and speaking, and continues to receive care while handcuffed. The motion could lay the groundwork for a lawsuit against the state.

BBBC News2026-10-07 15:57

A Tennessee court is holding a hearing on the attempted execution of Christa Pike. Her attorneys said Tuesday that she survived and is awake and speaking while receiving hospital treatment.

GGuardian News2026-10-07 15:20

Christa Pike is now conscious and speaking after an attempt to carry out her execution failed, Fox News reports.

FFox News2026-10-07 15:00

Christa Pike, who survived a failed execution at a US prison last week, is now conscious and able to speak, her lawyers said Tuesday, though her prognosis remains unclear. She was sentenced to death for a murder committed as a teenager and received two supposedly lethal doses of pentobarbital at a Tennessee prison a week ago.

FFrance 24 English2026-10-07 14:28

At a status hearing, Christa Pike’s attorneys are asking a court to order the preservation of evidence from Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her last week. They say Pike is awake and speaking while receiving treatment at a hospital.

TThe Associated Press2026-10-07 14:24

Christa Pike remains conscious and able to speak a week after surviving two doses of lethal injection, her attorney says.

AABC News2026-10-07 14:10

Christa Pike is conscious and able to speak after surviving two lethal injections during her execution, her attorneys said Tuesday.

CCBS News2026-10-07 13:00

NBC News carries live coverage of a press conference by Christa Pike’s attorneys following a hearing at Davidson County Chancery Court.

NNBC News2026-10-07 10:58

Christa Pike’s lawyers say she is conscious and speaking after surviving a botched execution attempt. Riot police and protesters clashed as a quarter of a million people joined school protests across France. Israel marked three years since the October 7 Hamas attack, while Lionel Messi played his last game for Argentina.

RReuters2026-10-07 10:54

Lawyers for convicted killer Christa Pike say she remained awake and able to speak after a botched execution. The program also investigates abandoned mines beneath homes and features Michael Douglas discussing his tell-all memoir.

AABC News2026-10-07 02:53

The broadcast reports that Christa Pike, the only woman on Tennessee’s death row, remains conscious and speaking nearly a week after officials’ execution attempt left her on a ventilator, according to her lawyers. It also shows ABC News-obtained video of Cornell campus police interviewing witnesses after a Jane Doe alleged gang rape by Chi Phi fraternity members, and looks back at Eva Marie Saint’s life and legacy.

AABC News2026-10-07 02:00

President Trump said he would speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin “very soon” after a lab worker died mysteriously at an anti-plague facility in Siberia. Christa Pike was expected to become Tennessee’s first woman executed in more than 200 years, but survived; her attorneys later issued an update on her condition. NBC News also saw 298 gold bars seized from former CIA officer David Rush’s home, along with cash and luxury watches.

NNBC News2026-10-07 01:57