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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Tennessee prisoner awake and speaking after surviving state’s attempt to execute her last Wednesday</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/06/christa-pike-execution-awake" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say</a></p><p>On September 30, Christa Pike, who was set to be the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years, survived two doses of pentobarbital, a sedatative.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/01/christa-pike-failed-execution-witness-accounts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Witnesses to the attempt to execute</a> Pike described how they heard she was choking and struggling for an hour after receiving the first injection. She was then hospitalized after a second dose failed to kill her. In the hospital, she was put on a ventilator and had been in critical condition.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/oct/07/christa-pike-lawyers-live-updates-tennessee-execution" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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