Christa Pike and Alabama and Tennessee — coverage from 7 publishers

Pike was convicted and sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of Colleen Slemmer.

As of Thursday night, Pike remained critically ill and is being treated at a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Tennessee woman's legal team says doctors are working to clear doses of the drug pentobarbital from her system.

Lawyers for Christa Pike said she's unconscious and on a ventilator after a botched execution attempt. Pike is believed to be the first person to have survived the administration of lethal drugs in th

Hospital staff are working to save convicted murderer Christa Pike's life and clear the lethal drug pentobarbital from her system.

Tennessee's prisons chief has resigned after the failed execution of death row prisoner Christa Pike.

Prison commissioner Frank Strada insisted his team followed protocol, even after two doses of anesthetic failed to kill convicted murderer Christa Pike.

Her attorneys said they are grateful for the first responders and the medical team at the hospital ‘who treated Christa like a human and have provided exceptional care to her’

Christa Pike is alive and speaking nearly a week after she was given to two lethal injection doses during a failed execution attempt, her attorneys confirmed Tuesday.

Christa Pike survived a failed lethal injection and is now awake and speaking in hospital, though her lawyers say she suffered severe injuries and faces a long recovery.

The 50-year-old has regained consciousness and is receiving care nearly one week after being sent to the hospital.

A death row inmate who survived a botched execution last week is conscious and talking in hospital, according to her lawyers, who want to commute her death sentence to life imprisonment without parole

Tennessee death row inmate survives execution attempt, sparking legal and medical concerns.

Dr Joel Zivot, who is advising Pike’s legal team, has spoken about the death row killer’s prognosis and the challenges she now faces

Her lawyers said she has pneumonia, severe swelling and difficulty eating and moving her arms, while Tennessee has suspended executions for the rest of the year.

Pike's lawyers have said she was very aware of Tennessee's failed execution effort. A judge has ordered state officials to preserve all evidence from the botched execution.