Christa Pike up and walking after botched execution attempt

Published October 8, 2026 12:47pm ET | Updated October 8, 2026 12:47pm ET



Christa Pike is up and walking after surviving two execution attempts in Tennessee that left her unconscious and on a ventilator for multiple days in a Nashville hospital.

Attorneys for Pike said Thursday the 50-year-old woman is “up and walking” around her hospital room, but still has mental fatigue after surviving two doses of lethal injection last week.

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