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‘I entered the execution chamber ready to die, woke up days later in pain’: Murderer Christa Pike speaks for first time

The 50-year-old survived two doses of pentobarbital in a botched execution on September 30 and says she has been suffering constant physical and emotional pain ever since

Christa Pike walking and speaking in full sentences after botched execution in Tennessee

The 50-year-old death row inmate has returned to the women's prison where she has spent more than 30 years, but doctors are still assessing the potential long-term effects of the failed lethal injection

Donald Trump announces that Nidal Hasan’s execution will not be broadcast live in the US

He will die by firing squad as scheduled, but the execution will not be televised live, the US president said

EU threatens action if social media platforms livestream execution of Nidal Hasan

Brussels warns that Meta, X and TikTok must enforce their own content rules as Washington plans to broadcast the execution publicly

Christa Pike meditated, then laughed and snored during failed Tennessee execution

Her lawyers say she remains in critical condition and may have suffered brain damage. Tennessee's governor has ordered an independent review and cancelled the state's only other execution this year amid scrutiny of its methods

What is known about the lethal injection that failed to kill Pike: the drug Biden’s administration pulled and the protocol gap

Tennessee's attempt to execute Christa Pike with two doses of pentobarbital failed to kill her, exposing a gap in the state's protocol and reviving scrutiny of a drug the Biden administration had moved to withdraw

Tennessee execution descends into chaos: woman still alive after two doses of lethal injection and taken to hospital

Krista Gail Pike's heart was still beating after two doses of pentobarbital, and her lawyers called for medical intervention to save her life

Iranian blogger reportedly sentenced to death after being accused of insulting Supreme Leader and publishing images of attack

Before her arrest, she left a final message for her approximately 10,000 Instagram followers: “If one day I leave this world, just know one thing – I chose the path I believed in,” she wrote

Death sentence for former Chinese official for accepting bribes totaling 284 million Euros

He abused his position from 1993 to 2023, accepting bribes totaling more than 2.21 billion yuan

Iran publicly hanged a 19-year-old wrestler who took part in protests – Allegations that he was tortured to confess to “enmity against God” (video)

Saleh Mohammadi had been arrested along with two others on charges that they killed police officers during the January protests

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