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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

Murderer Christa Pike unconscious, intubated and on a ventilator

The death row inmate remains unconscious and on a ventilator two days after Tennessee's failed execution, with her lawyers revealing that at least seven needles were used and that both her arms were burned and blistered

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

USA: 41-year-old man sentenced to death for two murders executed in Oklahoma

Michael Smith was executed by lethal injection shortly after 10:00 a.m. Thursday morning

Tennessee legislators move ban on child sex changes forward

An 18-year-old detransitioner permanently scarred from having a double mastectomy surgery at 15: “They treated me as if I were an adult capable of making informed lifelong decisions"

Five officers fired as sex scandal roils Tennessee police department

“This situation is unacceptable and as soon as it was brought to our attention it was immediately investigated and action was taken upon the individuals involved”

US school removes “Harry Potter” books because they promote “curses and spells”

The school had consulted with several exorcists in the U.S. and Rome to reach the decision