Pike, 50, is being held in solitary confinement and faces an uncertain future after surviving a failed lethal injection.
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Christa Pike, who was convicted of a 1995 murder, released her first statement since the failed attempt to execute her last month.
It is Pike's first public statement since she survived an execution attempt by lethal injection in September.
Christa Pike says she remains in constant pain a month after surviving a lethal injection in Tennessee. Her lawyers want her death sentence reduced to life, while the state governor has ordered an investigation.
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike said she remains in constant pain after surviving a botched lethal injection in September, in her first public statement since the failed execution. She expressed gratitude for those who saved her life while urging compassion for her victim's family.
Christa Pike describes constant pain and deep isolation one month after surviving Tennessee's failed lethal injection execution on Sept. 30.
Pike is recovering in isolation at the infirmary at the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, where she's been held for decades.
One month ago, Christa Pike survived what seemed impossible: a lethal injection in which two rounds of the drug had already entered her body.
Christa Pike, the woman who was convicted of the 1995 torture and killing of her classmate, has broken her silence for the first time since the botched execution attempt in Tennessee last month. In a statement dictated to her lawyers and released on Friday, Pike said she has been in constant pain and doesn’t know ...
Christa Pike's failed execution in September, the state's second this year, has raised fresh questions about Tennessee's lethal injection execution process.
A former Knoxville police chief recalled Christa Pike being "ruthless" and "almost giddy" while describing Colleen Slemmer's brutal 1995 murder.










