Christa Pike's lawyer issues health update after botched execution

04-10-2026 19:46 via chroniclelive.co.uk

Christa Pike's lawyer issues health update after botched execution

Stephen Ferrell says Pike has remained unconscious on a ventilator at a hospital in the four days since a failed execution in Tennessee

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