Christa Pike 'conscious and speaking' after failed execution, lawyers say | BBC News

A BBC News report on US death row inmate Christa Pike, who lawyers say is "conscious and speaking" after a failed execution attempt in Tennessee last week. According to a statement from her attorneys, Pike, 50, is receiving critical medical care while handcuffed in hospital. She was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer. Pike survived two lethal injections and was taken to a hospital in Nashville, where she remained unconscious while medical staff cleared her body of the injected pentobarbital. An anaesthesiologist advising her defence team described her survival as highly unusual. The video is embedded from the BBC News channel and is credited to its original source.

• Lawyers say Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after a failed execution in Tennessee
• Pike, 50, is receiving critical medical care in hospital, according to her attorneys' statement
• She was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer
• An anaesthesiologist advising the defence described her survival as highly unusual

US death row inmate Christa Pike is "conscious and speaking" after surviving a failed execution attempt in the state of Tennessee last week, 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 Wednesday and was transferred to a hospital in Nashville for treatment, where she remained unconscious while medical staff cleared her body of the injected pentobarbital. An anaesthesiologist advising Pike's defence team said her survival is highly unusual. Subscribe to our channel here: https://bbc.in/bbcnews For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news #BBCNews