American murderer Christa Pike, who survived two lethal injections during a September execution in Tennessee, has suffered pain ever since. In a statement issued through her lawyers a month after the failed execution, she said that since then there has not been a single moment when she did not feel pain. STVR (Spravy) ↗
Pike's execution took place on September 30. The fifty-year-old woman, the only woman on death row in Tennessee, was convicted of the brutal murder of a classmate in 1995. However, after two doses of the lethal drug pentobarbital were administered, the execution could not be completed. Pike then woke up in the hospital confused and in pain. ta3.com ↗
In her statement, she described the suffering she feels as not only physical but also mental. She said she has pain in her mind and soul and is still searching for meaning in what happened to her. She also said she does not know why she survived that night. Despite the hardships, she expressed gratitude for the love and support she has received since then. Independent ↗
After the failed execution, Pike was returned to prison, where she had spent the previous thirty years. The case has raised questions about how the authorities there will proceed, as a similar situation has no precedent in American judicial practice. It is not yet clear how the matter will develop further, or whether and when a new execution might be scheduled. HVG ↗
Pike, who survived execution in Tennessee, speaks out for the first time about her pain
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Christa Pike rompe il silenzio, 'ho dolore nel corpo e nell'anima'
ANSA
| 15:45 30.10.
Nevím, proč jsem přežila. Pikeová vydala první prohlášení od zpackané popravy
idnes.cz
| 15:36 30.10.
USA: Pike klagt nach gescheiterter Hinrichtung über ständige Schmerzen
Die Zeit
| 15:32 30.10.
Hľadám zmysel v tom, čo sa mi stalo. Američanka Pikeová, ktorá prežila vlastnú popravu, prvýkrát prehovorila
ta3.com
| 15:27 30.10.
Pikeové po nepovedené popravě poprvé promluvila. Bolest není jen fyzická, řekla
seznamzpravy.cz
| 15:25 30.10.
Neviem, čo bude ďalej. Američanka, ktorá prežila popravu smrtiacimi injekciami, sa sťažuje na neustále bolesti
hnonline.sk
| 15:23 30.10.
Christa Pikeová od svojej popravy neustále trpí bolesťami, uviedla vo verejnom vyhlásení
STVR (Spravy)
| 15:22 30.10.
Christa Pike da su primera declaración tras su ejecución fallida: “Hay dolor en mi alma y mi cuerpo”
El Pais
| 15:19 30.10.
Christa Pike makes first public comments since failed execution: ‘There is pain in my mind and in my soul’
The Guardian
| 15:15 30.10.
'Pain in my mind and soul' since failed execution - Pike
RTE News
| 15:14 30.10.
Nach gescheiterter Hinrichtung: Christa Pike bricht ihr Schweigen – „Schmerzen sind nicht nur körperlich“
Merkur
| 15:06 30.10.
Christa Pike breaks silence after botched execution: ‘I am searching for meaning in what happened to me’
Independent
| 14:33 30.10.
Osud vrahyne Christy Pike po spackanej poprave: To, čo hrozí, už nik nečakal
Nový Čas
| 06:04 30.10.
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