How is Christa Pike still speaking after execution - and what happens next?| BBC News

This BBC News video reports on Christa Pike, a convicted murderer in the US state of Tennessee, who has reportedly woken up and begun speaking from a hospital bed almost a week after her execution by lethal injection was botched. She was taken to hospital after surviving two attempts to execute her for the 1995 murder of a 19-year-old she had met at a summer camp for troubled teens. According to her lawyers, who are asking for answers and for evidence to be preserved, the video looks at her current condition, how she survived, the case background, the victim's family, the legal questions around whether she can sue and whether another execution attempt could follow, and what happens next.

• Christa Pike reportedly woke up and began speaking in hospital almost a week after a botched execution in Tennessee
• She was convicted of the 1995 murder of a 19-year-old she met at a summer camp for troubled teens
• Her lawyers are asking for answers and for evidence to be preserved
• The video covers her condition, the legal questions ahead, and what happens next

Convicted murderer Christa Pike has woken up and begun speaking from her hospital bed almost a week after authorities in the US state of Tennessee botched her execution, her lawyers said. She was sent to hospital after surviving two attempts to execute her via lethal injection for the 1995 murder of a 19-year-old she met at a summer camp for troubled teens. Now her lawyers are asking for answers and for evidence to be preserved. So what happens now? In this video... 0:00 - What condition is she in? 1:52 - How did she survive? 3:47 - What did she do? 4:33 - The victims family 4:55 - What are the lawyers saying? 6:25 - Can Christa Pike sue? 7:10 - Will they try execute her again? 9:17 - What happens now? #ChristaPike #US #BBCNews Subscribe to our channel here: https://bbc.in/bbcnews For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news #BBCNews