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Christa Pike was sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of her classmate Colleen Slemmer in 1995 when Pike was 18 years old.
Death row inmate Christa Pike has woken up and is speaking almost a week after a botched execution attempt at a Tennessee prison.
Pike, 50, was rushed to hospital following two doses of the lethal injection drug pentobarbital, inside the death chamber at Nashville's Riverbend Maximum Security Institution.
She was sentenced to death in 1996 for the killing of classmate Colleen Slemmer, 19, when Pike was 18 years old.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Legal challenges will be filed regarding the constitutionality of Tennessee's lethal injection protocol
Likely · Within weeks
Tennessee Department of Corrections will review and possibly revise its execution procedures
Very likely · Within days
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