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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.

1. Friday 30 October
2. 19:11 IST BBC News [US inmate Christa Pike says she woke up 'confused and in pain' after failed execution](https://allindia.news/s/3c39d86a2586) (original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck62ydn7dj9eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss)

It is Pike's first public statement since she survived an execution attempt by lethal injection in September.

3. 20:03 IST The Hindu [Christa Pike says she feels constant pain in her first statement since failed Tennessee execution](https://allindia.news/s/79566f897dd5) (original: https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/christa-pike-says-she-feels-constant-pain-in-her-first-statement-since-failed-tennessee-execution/article71645818.ece)

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

4. Saturday 31 October
5. 06:57 IST NDTV ['Pain In Mind, Soul': Christa Pike's First Words After Failed Execution In Us](https://allindia.news/s/f817612a86c0) (original: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/pain-in-mind-soul-christa-pikes-first-words-after-failed-execution-in-us-12261766#publisher=newsstand)

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.