Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike on ventilator, attorneys say

Pike remains in critical condition, her ⁠lawyers said, two days after the state administered two doses of pentobarbital but failed to kill her.Convicted murderer Christa Pike is unconscious, intubated and receiving breathing assistance ​from a ventilator after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her, ‌her attorneys said on Friday (October 2, 2026), providing the ​first detailed account of the extent of ⁠injuries she suffered during the lethal injection.