Nearly a week after surviving Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her for a 1995 murder, Christa Pike is conscious and speaking, her attorneys said in a statement on Tuesday.
After a “medically unprecedented” recovery, Pike is continuing to receive “critical medical care,” according to a statement from Randy Spivey and Kelly Gleason from the Tennessee Office of the Post Conviction Defender, and Stephen Ferrell and Luke Ihnen from Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee.
Pike was scheduled to be the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years on Sept. 30 for the beating and stabbing death of classmate Colleen Slemmer she committed decades ago at age 18, but instead she survived two doses of lethal injection of pentobarbital.
“She survived two complete rounds of lethal injection per Tennessee’s protocol, despite her attorneys’ warning to the state of specific challenges with her veins. She is the only person known to have survived a complete execution attempt in the U.S.,” the statement from her attorneys said.
While the lethal injection drug didn’t kill her, her lawyers said her arms were left burned and blistered.
Read the full statement from Pike’s attorney’s below:
“Against all odds, Christa Pike is conscious, speaking, and continues to receive critical medical care. Despite the severe damage she endured to her arms, she is still handcuffed and shackled to the bed. Her recovery is medically unprecedented. Her prognosis remains unclear but, at a minimum, we expect a long recovery,”
We are incredibly grateful to the first responders and the medical team at the hospital who treated Christa like a human and have provided exceptional care to her. We also want to thank thousands from all over the world who sent messages offering prayers and support for Christa.
Christa’s life has been extraordinarily difficult. She survived multiple childhood rapes, which political leaders in this state acknowledge leave lifelong scars. She survived nearly 30 years of solitary confinement and, more recently, escalating restrictive confinement leading up to her execution date.
She survived two complete rounds of lethal injection per Tennessee’s protocol, despite her attorneys’ warning to the state of specific challenges with her veins. She is the only person known to have survived a complete execution attempt in the U.S. Christa is a survivor and will take recovery one day at a time. We continue to ask the Governor of Tennessee to commute Christa Pike’s sentence to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.”
Her attorneys are expected to give a press conference at 11 a.m. CT on Wednesday.
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