Christa Pike is 'critically ill' after botched execution, attorney says

Death row inmate Christa Pike on a ventilator after botched execution Death row inmate Christina Pike was unconscious and on a ventilator after undergoing a failed execution attempt in Tennessee. Death row inmate Christa Pike remains hospitalized in critical condition days after surviving a failed execution attempt in Tennessee, her attorney said on Oct. 4. Pike, 50, was taken to a Nashville-area hospital on Sept. 30 after receiving two doses of pentobarbital. She was intubated, on a ventilator