Christa Pike makes 1st public statement since failed execution
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In a statement viewed by the Associated Press that she dictated to her legal team, Pike, 50, said she has been in constant pain since she survived two doses of pentobarbital on Sept.
30 for the 1995 stabbing death of 19-year-old classmate Colleen Slemmer.
Pike was 18 when she and her boyfriend tortured and killed Slemmer; her punishment made her one of the youngest women to be sentenced to death.
1:50 Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after failed execution, lawyers say Stick to the Facts Add Global News as a Preferred Source on Google to see more of our stories in your search results.
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Christa Pike makes 1st public statement since failed execution
By Rachel Goodman Global News
Posted October 30, 2026 3:02 pm
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This photo provided by the Tennessee Department of Correction shows Christa Pike on Jan. 12, 2023. TDOC via AP
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Christa Pike, the Tennessee death row inmate, has made her first public statement since the state botched her attempted execution by failed lethal injections.…
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