Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say

Filed by Dirk Danger

The prisoner received two doses of pentobarbital as authorities tried to put her to death on 30 SeptemberChrista Pike, a Tennessee prisoner who survived the state’s attempt to execute her, is awake and speaking as she receives treatment at a hospital, her attorneys said on Tuesday.Pike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbital, a sedative, as Tennessee officials attempted to put her to death last Wednesday in a case that shocked many in America and created headlines around the world. She was set