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Christa Pike is angry and confused after surviving execution, attorney says

October 07, 2026

Christa Pike is “angry and confused” after regaining consciousness almost six days after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her, one of her attorneys said Wednesday after a judge told the state to preserve evidence related to Pike's case. Pike, 50, survived even after executioners tried to give her two lethal doses of pentobarbital on Sept. 30.

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