Pike survived a lethal injection execution on Wednesday. She was sentenced to death for the 1995 killing of her classmate, Colleen Slemmer.

Christa Pike, the woman who survived an execution attempt in Tennessee earlier this week, is on a ventilator as she receives care in the hospital, her lawyers said in a new statement Friday.

“Christa remains critically ill and is receiving medical care for the devastating effects of Wednesday night’s events,” the lawyers’ statement said. “She is critically ill, unconscious, intubated and receiving breathing assistance through a ventilator.”

The statement said she is being treated for “the serious effects of the pentobarbital administered during the execution attempt, including significant injuries to both arms.”

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[–] 5 points 11 hours ago (1 child)

The state should pay all medical bills.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 hours ago

    How broken does a system have to be where the state will pay for healthcare to this level so they can fetishize the death of a criminal, yet the average citizen has to consider whether they can afford to not die?

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