Christa Pike makes 1st public statement since failed execution
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Christa Pike has made her first public statement after a failed execution. The 50-year-old woman was sentenced for the 1995 stabbing death of Colleen Slemmer, a 19-year-old classmate. Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital administered on September 30. She claims to have been in constant pain since that event.
Pike, 50, said she has been in constant pain since she survived two doses of pentobarbital on Sept. 30 for the 1995 stabbing death of 19-year-old classmate Colleen Slemmer.