Christa Pike said there hasn’t been a moment since her botched execution that she hasn’t been in pain, as she broke her silence one month after surviving two lethal injections .
The convicted murderer , 50, was set to be the first woman put to death in Tennessee in over 200 years on Sept. 30, but instead became the first prisoner ever to survive after being given the drugs.
“One month ago on September 30, I walked into the execution chamber at Riverbend men’s prison prepared to die. I had made my peace,” Pike said in a statement released by her attorneys.
“Several days later I woke up alone in a hospital confused and in pain. There hasn’t been a moment since that night when I haven’t been in pain. My body hurts. My arms hurt. My hands hurt. My throat hurts. I still struggle to speak. And the pain isn’t just physical. There is pain in my mind and in my soul.”