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US inmate who survived execution says she’s in constant pain

US inmate who survived execution says she’s in constant pain
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Photo by HANDOUT / TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION / AFP Convicted murderer Christa Pike said Friday that she is in constant pain, a month after surviving a botched execution attempt in the US state of Tennessee. “There hasn’t been a moment since that night when I haven’t been in pain,” Pike said in a statement released by her lawyers.
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  • ✦In her statement, Pike said she is recovering “but healing is not the same as being okay.” “I don’t know why I survived that night,” she said.
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2023:This handout picture dated January 12, 2023 provided by the Tennessee Department of Correction shows convicted US murderer Christa Pike.Friday:Photo by HANDOUT / TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION / AFP Convicted murderer Christa Pike said Friday that she is in constant pain, a month after surviving a botched execution attempt in the US state of Tennessee.
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  • ✦Photo by HANDOUT / TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION / AFP Convicted murderer Christa Pike said Friday that she is in constant pain, a month after surviving a botched execution attempt in the US state of Tennessee.
  • ✦“There hasn’t been a moment since that night when I haven’t been in pain,” Pike said in a statement released by her lawyers.
  • ✦In her statement, Pike said she is recovering “but healing is not the same as being okay.” “I don’t know why I survived that night,” she said.
Key Facts:2023: This handout picture dated January 12, 2023 provided by the Tennessee Department of Correction shows convicted US murderer Christa Pike.Friday: Photo by HANDOUT / TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION / AFP Convicted murderer Christa Pike said Friday that she is in constant pain, a month after surviving a botched execution attempt in the US state of Tennessee.
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Christa Pike, a convicted murderer in Tennessee, says she is in constant physical and mental pain a month after surviving a botched lethal injection.

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Photo by HANDOUT / TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION / AFP Convicted murderer Christa Pike said Friday that she is in constant pain, a month after surviving a botched execution attempt in the US state of Tennessee.

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“There hasn’t been a moment since that night when I haven’t been in pain,” Pike said in a statement released by her lawyers.

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This handout picture dated January 12, 2023 provided by the Tennessee Department of Correction shows convicted US murderer Christa Pike.

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