{"id":385781,"date":"2026-10-08T01:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T00:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/lawyer-reveals-christa-pikes-first-words-after-waking-up-from-failed-execution\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T01:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T00:00:34","slug":"lawyer-reveals-christa-pikes-first-words-after-waking-up-from-failed-execution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/lawyer-reveals-christa-pikes-first-words-after-waking-up-from-failed-execution\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer reveals Christa Pike&#8217;s first words after waking up from failed execution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/Jyiab_CAxDU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Lawyer reveals Christa Pike's first words after waking up from failed execution\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jyiab_CAxDU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Death row inmate Christa Pike regained consciousness roughly six days after Tennessee\u2019s failed attempt to execute her and was \u201cspeaking limitedly,&quot; one of her attorneys said during a court hearing Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Pike, 50, survived even after executioners tried to give her two lethal doses of pentobarbital on September 30. She was sentenced to death for the 1995 beating and stabbing death of classmate Colleen Slemmer.<\/p>\n<p>She is the only person known to have survived the lethal injection in the US, leaving many unanswered questions about what went wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Death row inmate Christa Pike regained consciousness roughly six days after Tennessee\u2019s failed attempt to execute her and was \u201cspeaking limitedly,&quot; one of her attorneys said during a court hearing Wednesday. 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