Christa Pike makes first public comments since failed execution: ‘There is pain in my mind and in my soul’

October 30, 2026 · 2:15 pm 1 sources

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• Christa Pike makes first public comments since failed execution: ‘There is pain in my mind and in my soul’
  The Guardian · October 30, 2026 14:15
  She is facing the death penalty for the 1995 murder of her classmate, despite surviving a botched execution last month Christa Pike has marked a month since her failed execution by Tennessee and released a statement in which she laments the “incompetence” that has led to this moment, adding that…