From Knoxville, Tenn.: Christa Pike is awake and speaking after a failed execution. Her attorneys reported this development days after the attempted lethal injection. Pike had received two doses of pentobarbital, but survived and was initially left unconscious and on a ventilator.

The reason for the failed execution is attributed to the needle not properly entering her vein, according to a professor of anesthesiology. Pike was sentenced for a crime committed in 1995, when she was 18 years old.

Further details about the incident and Pike's case are available from the source, including the circumstances surrounding the crime for which she was sentenced.