Lawyers for Christa Pike said she's unconscious and on a ventilator after a botched execution attempt. Pike is believed to be the first person to have survived the administration of lethal drugs in the modern era.

Hospital staff are working to save convicted murderer Christa Pike's life and clear the lethal drug pentobarbital from her system.

Christa Pike remains critically ill on a ventilator after Tennessee’s botched execution, with lawyers seeking to preserve evidence and reveal injuries.

Christa Pike was placed on a ventilator and remained unconscious in a hospital in the hours after her failed execution in Tennessee, her attorneys said in a court filing Friday.

Christa Pike remains on a ventilator after Tennessee’s failed execution attempt, with her attorneys reporting critical injuries from the lethal injection. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike say she is in critical condition, unconscious and breathing through a ventilator following a botched lethal injection attempt Wednesday night.

Christa Pike was hospitalised after surviving two attempts to execute her using lethal injection.

Tennessee is facing criticism after the failed execution of Christa Pike.