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Christa Pike, convicted of killing a classmate in 1995 when she was 18, is receiving breathing assistance from a ventilator after Tennessee's attempt to execute her by lethal injection failed earlier this week, her attorneys say.
Christa Pike, convicted of killing a classmate in 1995 when she was 18, is receiving breathing assistance from a ventilator after Tennessee's attempt to execute her by lethal injection failed earlier this week, her attorneys say.
The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Christa Pike, now 50, was convicted of killing her 19-year-old classmate Colleen Slemmer in 1995, when Pike was 18.
, her attorneys said on Friday, providing the first detailed account of the extent of injuries she suffered during the lethal injection. Hospital staff are working to save Pike's life and clear the lethal drug pentobarbital from her system, her attorneys said in an emergency court filing seeking an order requiring Tennessee's Department of Correction to preserve evidence from Wednesday night's failed execution.
What happened in Tennessee's failed execution of Christa Pike and what comes next?
"At no point did any member of the execution team realize that the IV lines were not correctly placed or that the veins had blown and that the pentobarbital was, in whole or in part, entering Ms. Pike’s body," Pike's lawyers said in a filing in the Chancery Court for the State of Tennessee Twentieth Judicial District. The filing provides the fullest picture yet of the medical consequences of an attempted execution that Tennessee Governor Bill Lee said followed the state's established protocol.
WATCH | Expert explains what may have happened during failed execution:Christa Pike, the 50-year-old who was convicted of killing a classmate when she was 18, survived two doses of lethal injection drugs after what experts described as a ‘very rare’ and ‘unprecedented’ failed execution in Tennessee on Wednesday. An expert explains what may have happened.
Pike's attorneys have said the execution team's difficulties administering the drug were related to intravenous access, an issue they had warned the state and courts about before the execution. Pike, 50, was convicted of killing her 19-year-old classmate Colleen Slemmer in 1995, when Pike was 18. She had been scheduled to become the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than two centuries. Tennessee governor orders outside review after death row inmate Christa Pike survives execution attempt
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