A death row inmate in Tennessee was left in a critical condition and received “lifesaving care” at hospital following a failed attempt to execute her, lawyers have said.
Christa Pike, 50, who was sentenced to death for a 1995 murder, was taken to a hospital Wednesday night after surviving a double dose of the drug Tennessee uses to execute prisoners.
“We don’t have a sense of her prognosis or much update on her health at the moment. But we know she is alive right now," attorney Randy Spivey said during a news conference on Thursday.
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