In brief
Christa Pike, a 50‑year‑old US death row inmate, survived an attempt to carry out a second execution by lethal injection and is now conscious in a Nashville hospital. Her lawyers say she is speaking, though she remains handcuffed and receives critical care. The attempt followed her conviction for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer. The incident has reignited scrutiny of the death penalty process in Tennessee.
US death row inmate Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after her failed execution attempt, her lawyers say.
Pike, 50, continues to receive critical medical care while handcuffed in hospital, according to a statement from her attorneys on Tuesday.
She was sentenced to death following her conviction for murdering Colleen Slemmer in 1995.
But Pike survived two lethal injections last week and was transferred to a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, for treatment. Her lawyers had said in the days afterwards that she was unconscious while medical staff cleared her body of the pentobarbitol injected during the failed execution attempt.
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