Christa Pike Critically Ill Following Botched Execution Attempt
Lawyers report that Christa Pike is on a ventilator and in critical condition after an execution attempt in Texas.
US Politics • 2 hours ago
Christa Pike, a convicted murderer, is in critical condition and on a ventilator following a recent execution attempt, according to her lawyers. Pike is reportedly being treated at a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.
Her legal team stated that the execution attempt was unsuccessful. Further details regarding the specific circumstances of the event have not been released. Pike was convicted in the 1996 murder of Colleen Slemmer. She was the only woman on death row in Alabama and the first woman sentenced to death in the United States since 1976.