Christa Pike's prognosis still unclear after failed execution, lawyer says
Pike's lawyer says doctors are still trying to clear two lethal doses of pentobarbital from her body.
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"She's still in the hospital, on a ventilator, critically ill, we really don't know the prognosis yet, and may not know for several days."
— Stephen Ferrell , Other
"I think that the state owes me a big apology."
— May Martinez , Other
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Tennessee Governor who announced plans to rename Nashville airport after Dolly Parton.
Christa Pike is a woman on death row in Tennessee, convicted of murder in 1995.
Mother of murder victim Colleen Slemmer.
Lawyer representing Christa Pike.
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Pike's lawyer says doctors are still trying to clear two lethal doses of pentobarbital from her body.
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