Tennessee, US:<\/strong> Death row inmate Christa Pike, 50, is reportedly conscious and speaking<\/strong> after surviving a failed execution attempt last week, according to her lawyers.<\/p>\n Pike remains hospitalized and is continuing to receive critical medical treatment. Her attorneys said Tuesday that she is currently being treated while handcuffed in the hospital.<\/p>\n Pike was sentenced to death in connection with the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer<\/strong>. On Wednesday, officials in Tennessee attempted to carry out her execution using lethal injection, but the procedure failed twice.<\/p>\n After the unsuccessful attempts, Pike was transported to a hospital for medical treatment. She remained unconscious for several days while medical staff worked to clear the injected chemical from her body.<\/p>\n Pike’s legal team and experts have described her apparent recovery as unprecedented. According to the information provided by her lawyers, she is believed to be the only known person to have survived a lethal injection<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Her recovery has drawn attention because of the unusual circumstances surrounding the failed execution and her subsequent medical condition.<\/p>\n Although Pike is now conscious and speaking, she continues to receive critical medical care in hospital.<\/p>\n Her current condition follows a highly unusual sequence of events involving two unsuccessful lethal injection attempts in Tennessee. Further updates on her medical condition and legal status are expected as her treatment continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Christa Pike Conscious and Speaking After Surviving Failed Execution Attempt Christa Pike Regains Consciousness After Failed Execution Tennessee, US: Death row inmate Christa Pike, 50, is reportedly conscious and speaking after surviving a failed execution attempt last week, according to her lawyers. Pike remains hospitalized and is continuing to receive critical medical treatment. Her attorneys […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":3436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[534,10],"tags":[1513,1519,1518,1516,1521,1514,1520,1515,1517,99],"class_list":["post-3435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-topstories","tag-christa-pike","tag-colleen-slemmer","tag-death-penalty","tag-death-row","tag-death-row-inmate","tag-failed-execution","tag-failed-lethal-injection","tag-lethal-injection","tag-tennessee","tag-us-news"],"gutentor_comment":0,"yoast_head":"\nTwo Lethal Injection Attempts Failed<\/h2>\n
Lawyers Say Pike’s Recovery Is Unprecedented<\/h2>\n
Pike Remains Under Medical Care<\/h2>\n