{"id":383705,"date":"2026-10-01T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/christa-pike-taken-to-hospital-after-surviving-execution-lawyer-says-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T10:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:00:29","slug":"christa-pike-taken-to-hospital-after-surviving-execution-lawyer-says-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/christa-pike-taken-to-hospital-after-surviving-execution-lawyer-says-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Christa Pike taken to hospital after surviving execution, lawyer says | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/D-H9LlFWJoc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Christa Pike taken to hospital after surviving execution, lawyer says | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D-H9LlFWJoc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike has been taken to hospital after she was still alive following two lethal injections during her execution, her lawyer says.<\/p>\n<p>Her legal team filed an emergency motion to halt the execution as it was happening, saying: &quot;Ms Pike has lost consciousness and still has a heartbeat and is audibly snoring.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>One of her attorneys told the BBC that Pike, 50, was &quot;being provided life-saving measures&quot; in hospital after two syringes of pentobarbital had been administered.<\/p>\n<p>There has been no comment yet from the state of Tennessee. Pike was sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of Colleen Slemmer.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike has been taken to hospital after she was still alive following two lethal injections during her execution, her lawyer says. 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