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Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survived a failed attempt at a lethal injection execution, her legal team says. CBS News' Skyler Henry reports.
Christa Pike, the woman who survived a lethal injection execution attempt in Tennessee Wednesday night, is still alive Thursday afternoon, her lawyers said in a news conference.
Christa Pike is in critical condition after two botched lethal injection attempts, with her attorneys saying the needle may have pierced through her veins.
Christa Pike, 50, was sentenced to death after being convicted of the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer.
Pike’s lawyers have asked for her death sentence to be commuted following the botched execution.
Christa Pike, who was supposed to the first woman executed by Tennessee in more than 200 years, is still alive after two botched doses during a lethal injection. Skyler Henry reports.
Tennessee canceled its remaining scheduled execution this year after Christa Pike, the only woman on its death row, survived two doses of a botched lethal injection. A witness said she was "clearly very alive."
