Attorneys: Christa Pike conscious, speaking days after failed execution

Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after surviving two doses of a lethal injection last week during Tennessee’s botched attempt to execute her, her attorneys said on Tuesday.Read more trending newsPike, 50, is believed to be the first person to have survived doses of a lethal injection drug, The New York Times reported. That was confirmed by Robin Maher of the Death Penalty Information Center, according to the newspaper.She has been hospitalized since the execution attempt on Sept. 30, after she was still breathing after two doses of pentobarbital.Pike was scheduled to become the first woman executed in Tennessee since 1819.“Against all odds, Christa Pike is conscious, speaking, and continues to receive critical medical care,” attorneys Randy Spivey, Kelly Gleason, Stephen Ferrell and Luke Ihnen said in a joint email, The Tennessean reported. “Despite the severe damage she endured to her arms, she is still handcuffed and shackled to the bed. Her recovery is medically unprecedented.