Tennessee: Christa Pike Hospitalized After Surviving Two Lethal Doses

The death-row inmate survived two lethal drug injections, remained conscious, and received life-saving medical care.

New details have emerged regarding the botched execution of death-row inmate Christa Pike in Tennessee. According to ynet and BBC Russian, Pike was administered two doses of the lethal drug pentobarbital, yet remained conscious before being transported to a hospital.

Eyewitnesses cited by ynet reported that during the procedure, Pike asked whether that was how she was supposed to feel. Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported that the 50-year-old inmate received life-saving medical measures at the hospital. Execution experts described the failure as unprecedented.

The circumstances behind the failure and further details on her current medical condition have not yet been released.