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'Pain In Mind, Soul': Christa Pike's First Words After Failed Execution In Us
What we know so far: 3 reports from 3 outlets, first at 30 Oct, 19:11 IST, latest at 31 Oct, 06:57 IST. Headlines and summaries are quoted from each outlet, oldest first; each links to the original report.
- Friday 30 October
- BBC NewsUS inmate Christa Pike says she woke up 'confused and in pain' after failed execution
It is Pike's first public statement since she survived an execution attempt by lethal injection in September.
- The HinduChrista Pike says she feels constant pain in her first statement since failed Tennessee execution
Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital as the State tried to execute her on September 30 for the 1995 stabbing death of classmate Colleen Slemmer
- Saturday 31 October
- NDTV'Pain In Mind, Soul': Christa Pike's First Words After Failed Execution In Us
Pike and her boyfriend tortured and stabbed a 19-year-old classmate, Colleen Slemmer, to death in 1995. Pike was 18 at the time, making her one of the youngest women sentenced to death.