What to know about Christa Pike, who survived a lethal injection execution attempt in Tennessee

Christa Pike, an inmate in Tennessee, survived an attempted execution by lethal injection. Despite the administration of two lethal doses of the drugs, Pike remained alive, leading authorities to transport her to a hospital and initiate an investigation into the procedural failure.

Pike is currently the only inmate known to have survived after lethal injection drugs were administered. Tennessee officials are now reviewing the circumstances surrounding the failed execution to determine what went wrong during the process.