Christa Pike ‘angry and confused’ after failed execution, lawyer says | ABC NEWS
Christa Pike’s lawyer says she was ‘angry and confused’ when she regained consciousness after surviving a botched execution in Tennessee.
Attorney Luke Ihnen told court that authorities dismissed warnings Pike’s small veins and a blood disorder that could cause difficulty in administering lethal injections.
Christa Pike’s legal team is now seeking her death sentence to be commuted to life without parole, while the family of the girl she murdered says they are angered because the botched execution has denied them justice.
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