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Christa Pike, who survived a botched execution in Tennessee, has spoken out about her ongoing pain and isolation. In a statement, Pike said she has been in constant pain since the failed execution attempt on September 30. She described physical pain in her body, arms, hands, and throat, as well as mental and emotional pain. Pike was scheduled to be executed for the 1995 murder of her classmate, Colleen Slemmer, but survived two doses of lethal injection. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has ordered an investigation into the failed execution and postponed other lethal injections scheduled for the year. Pike's lawyers have called for her death sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment, but the governor expects her sentence to remain unchanged unless the courts rule otherwise.
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