Christa Pike Releases First Public Statement Since Botched Execution
Christa Pike released her first public statement since the botched execution last month. Christa Pike, 50, was sentenced to death for a 1995 fatal stabbing, torture, and beating of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. Pike was transported back to prison earlier this month after she regained consciousness and began speaking several days after she survived two doses of pentobarbital. On Wednesday, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signaled Christa