Christa Pike is conscious and speaking at a hospital nearly a week after Tennessee’s failed execution, her attorneys say

Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital as Tennessee officials attempted to put her to death. Pike’s recovery is “medically unprecedented” but her prognosis remains unclear, her attorneys said in a statement. Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate who survived the attempt to execute her, is awake and speaking as she receives treatment at a hospital, her attorneys said Tuesday.

Christa Pike is alive and speaking nearly a week after she was given to two lethal injection doses during a failed execution attempt, her attorneys confirmed Tuesday. (AP) — Christa Pike is conscious and speaking at a hospital nearly a week after Tennessee’s failed execution, her attorneys say.