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Christa Pike is awake after surviving execution: What happens now?
Tennessee death row inmate survives execution attempt, sparking legal and medical concerns.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Al Jazeera
How did Christa Pike survive two lethal injections - and what happens now?
WorldPingWhat happened
The convicted killer of Colleen Slemmer is said to be awake and speaking in hospital in Tennessee after an execution attempt.
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- Reported by BBC News and published Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:01:47 UTC.
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