US murderer Christa Pike unconscious and on ventilator after failed execution, lawyers say
Before the killing, Pike had accused Slemmer of insulting her and trying to steal her then-boyfriend.Pike's boyfriend and co-defendant Shipp was 17 at the time so was spared the death penalty under state law. He was given a life sentence with the possibility of parole and remains in prison.Related topicsTennesseeCapital punishmentUnited StatesMore on this storyUS death row inmate survives execution attempt after two lethal injectionsPublished1 day ago
- ▪Before the killing, Pike had accused Slemmer of insulting her and trying to steal her then-boyfriend.Pike's boyfriend and co-defendant Shipp was 17 at the time so was spared the death penalty under state law.
- ▪He was given a life sentence with the possibility of parole and remains in prison.Related topicsTennesseeCapital punishmentUnited StatesMore on this storyUS death row inmate survives execution attempt after two lethal injectionsPublished1 d
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US murderer Christa Pike unconscious and on ventilator after failed execution, lawyers sayImage source, Tennessee Department of CorrectionsByIone Wells, Reporting fromNorth America correspondent in Nashville and Sareen HabeshianPublished2 October 2026, 20:20 BSTUpdated 53 minutes agoWarning: This article contains details that readers may find distressingTennessee death row inmate Christa Pike was unconscious, intubated and on a ventilator on Thursday night, after authorities failed to execute her by lethal injection, her lawyers say in court filings.Pike, 50, was injected with two lethal doses of pentobarbital on Wednesday but remained alive.
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