The Economic Times

Is Christa Pike still alive? US death row inmate in hospital after heart kept beating through two lethal injections

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike was executed but complications arose following two lethal injections administered. Her legal team argued that she did not receive proper medical care during the execution process. A judge confirmed that medical staff had begun providing emergency care, indicating serious issues with the procedure. Pike, convicted of murder in 1996, has consistently maintained her mental health issues were a factor in her actions.