Christa Pike describes 'pain in my mind and in my soul' in first statement after failed execution

Christa Pike, sentenced to death for a 1995 murder, survived a failed execution attempt in Tennessee. She expressed ongoing physical and emotional pain in her first public statement, released from the infirmary. Pike reflected on her confusion after waking up post-execution attempt and shared her struggle to find hope. She criticized the execution process and expressed sympathy for her victim's family. Pike's lawyers are urging Governor Bill Lee to change her death sentence to life imprisonment, but he indicated that the sentence is likely to remain unless the courts intervene. An investigation into the execution attempt has been ordered, and other lethal injections have been postponed.