Pike, 50, is now conscious and speaking at a hospital after spending several days unconscious and on a ventilator, her attorneys said Tuesday. Her prognosis remains unclear, and her lawyers say she suffered severe arm injuries and remains handcuffed and shackled to her hospital bed.
Lee halted scheduled executions for the rest of 2026 and ordered an independent review after the failure, Tennessee's second this year. Prisons chief Frank Strada has resigned and will leave this month. Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of her classmate, 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, committed when Pike was 18.