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.

The stunning failure in Tennessee’s execution chamber on Wednesday has left both sides on the death penalty debate demanding answers.

The lawyers accused Correction Department officials of shrugging off prior warnings that pre-existing medical conditions would make placing IV lines especially difficult.

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.

The lawyers accused Correction Department officials of shrugging off prior warnings that pre-existing medical conditions would make placing IV lines especially difficult.

Convicted killer Christa Pike was left gravely ill, unconscious and hospitalised on life support after Tennessee's failed attempt to execute her by lethal ⁠injection, her lawyers have said.

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.

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.

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

Calls for a nationwide halt to the US death penalty are growing after Tennessee’s failed execution of Christa Pike left her alive and in critical condition.Pike, 50, was given two syringes...

Christa Pike's attorneys say she remained in a hospital where she was placed on a ventilator and unconscious hours after her failed execution in Tennessee.

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

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.

"I didn't get justice for my daughter," Slemmer's mother said after witnessing the failed execution.

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike has survived two execution attempts after administering her two lethal injections. According to her lawyer, after surviving the attempts she was taken to the...