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Christa Pike Awake and Talking After Botched Tennessee Execution

Published: 10/06/2026

Christa Pike is awake and talking after surviving Tennessee's botched attempt to execute her last week ... her attorneys told TMZ Tuesday. Pike remains hospitalized in Nashville, where her lawyers say she's still receiving critical care after suffering severe damage to her arms. Despite the…

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Christa Pike Botched Execution: Medical Condition Might've Saved Her Life, Doctor Says

Published: 10/02/2026

Christa Pike's blood condition may have saved her life temporarily, a doctor says ... though he's making it clear she doesn't have a super resistance to pentobarbital -- the drug that was supposed to kill her. Dr. Joel Zivot -- a respected anesthesiologist who previously examined Christa -- sat…

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Christa Pike Felt Extreme Pain During Botched Execution, Death Penalty Expert Explains

Published: 10/02/2026

Christa Pike experienced extreme pain during her botched execution in Tennessee because the drug administered to her by the state failed to knock her out and may have caused her to jerk around and foam at the mouth, according to a death penalty expert. Deborah Denno, a 30-year professor at Fordham…

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Christa Pike Still Unconscious, on Ventilator After Botched Execution

Published: 10/02/2026

Christa Pike was unconscious more than a day after officials screwed up her execution ... and she's not even breathing on her own, her lawyers say. The convicted killer's legal team filed documents Friday asking a judge to preserve all evidence related to the botched execution ... and noted that,…

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Christa Pike's Lawyer Says She's Critically Ill in Hospital, Not Comatose

Published: 10/01/2026

Christa Pike's botched execution attempt took a serious toll on her ... with her lawyer saying she's in bad shape in the hospital -- but making it clear she's not in a coma. An attorney for the convicted killer tells TMZ ... "Christa is critically ill but not in a coma as I understand it." He…

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Christa Pike's Ex Tadaryl Shipp, Who Helped Murder Colleen Slemmer, Remains In Prison

Published: 10/01/2026

Christa Pike's ex-boyfriend -- who helped her torture and kill a 19-year-old woman -- is still locked up ... but he's taking steps to change his scenery. Tadaryl Shipp is currently housed in Tennessee's Northwest Correctional Complex ... according to Department of Corrections records obtained by…

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Christa Pike Murder Victim's Mother Says Botched Execution Was 'A Mess'

Published: 10/01/2026

Christa Pike's botched execution was a total disaster ... according to the mother of the girl Christa murdered in 1995. May Martinez -- Colleen Slemmer's mom -- told NBC News in a phone interview Thursday ... "It was a mess." As you know, Christa survived 2 lethal injections Wednesday night in…

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Marsha Blackburn Calls For The Electric Chair After Christa Pike's Failed Execution

Published: 10/01/2026

Tennessee Senator and gubernatorial candidate Marsha Blackburn offered a blunt solution following the botched execution of Christa Pike by lethal injection ... bring back the electric chair. In a statement, Blackburn says ... "This situation is tragic. Christa Pike should have been executed long…

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Christa Pike: Tennessee Governor Halts Executions After Botched Attempt

Published: 10/01/2026

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has halted the remaining executions this year ... after an attempt to put Christa Pike to death was botched. In the wake of the failed execution attempts, Lee ordered "a comprehensive, third-party review" to determine what went wrong ... according to AP News. He added…

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Christa Pike's Execution Paused an Hour Before Her Lethal Injection was Scheduled

Published: 09/30/2026

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike was supposed to be executed this morning ... but her execution was paused just an hour before her scheduled lethal injection. According to a court notice obtained by PEOPLE, Pike was granted a stay "until further order" by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…

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Who Is Christa Pike? What to Know About the Death Row Inmate

Published: 10/02/2025

Christa Pike's murder of Colleen Slemmer back in the 1990s shocked citizens of Tennessee, where Pike has remained on death row ever since she was convicted of the Slemmer's killing. Pike won't be on death row for much longer -- because she was just given a date for her execution. We're going to…

Tennessee Schedules Date for Christa Pike's Execution

Published: 10/02/2025

The state of Tennessee has officially set a date for Christa Pike's execution -- and if it goes through, she'll become the first woman executed in the state in more than 200 years. The state's Supreme Court has scheduled the execution for September 30, 2026, USA Today reports. Pike killed Colleen…

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