US inmate Christa Pike has spoken publicly for the first time since surviving an attempted execution by lethal injection in September, describing the aftermath as confusing and painful.
Pike said she woke up “confused and in pain” after the execution attempt. Her statement provides her account of what happened after the procedure failed.
The incident involved an attempt to carry out Pike’s execution by lethal injection. She survived the attempt, and her latest comments are the first public statement attributed to her since then.
No further details about the failed execution or Pike’s current circumstances were provided in the available material.
