Satanic killer Christa Pike remains alive a day after her botched execution, lawyer reveals
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Christa Pike remains alive hours after Tennessee failed in executing her by lethal injection, her lawyers say
Jasmine Fernández in Portland Thursday 01 October 2026 14:35 EDT
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Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is still alive following a failed execution attempt by state officials, her defense attorney confirmed Thursday.
The state attempted to execute Pike by lethal injection on Wednesday at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville. However, neither the initial dose nor the backup dose of pentobarbital killed her, and she was still snoring when the execution chamber’s microphone was cut off more than an hour into the procedure.
Pike was then transferred to an off-site hospital for medical treatment.
“Christa is alive right now,” defense attorney Randy Spivey said during a news conference. “We don’t have a sense of her prognosis or much update on her health at the moment. But we know she is alive right now and receiving live-saving medical care.”
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