Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator after botched execution: Lawyers

The Tennessee woman’s legal team says doctors are working to clear doses of the drug pentobarbital from her system.Published On 2 Oct 20262 Oct 2026Christa Pike has been placed on a ventilator and intubated after surviving a failed execution attempt, according to a court filing from her lawyers.The Tennessee woman, they wrote on Friday, “remains critically ill” and is unconscious while receiving treatment at a hospital in Nashville.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Tennessee death-row prisoner Christa Pike survives lethal injectionslist 2 of 3Execution of US woman Christa Pike fails after botched lethal injectionlist 3 of 3Christa Pike execution fails: What next when a lethal injection is botched?end of listAccording to the filing, medical staff are working to save Pike’s life and clear her system of the two doses of the drug pentobarbital, which the US state uses to execute prisoners.“Upon arrival, both of her arms were swollen, burned, and blistered,” Pike’s lawyers wrote about the drug’s effects on her body.The filing, which was part of an emergency request by Pike’s lawyers to preserve state records related to her execution, marks the most detailed update on Pike’s ...