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Christa Pike is walking with help and eating after failed execution attempt

Christa Pike is walking with help and eating after failed execution attempt
NPR News Friday 09 October 2026, 05:52 UTC By The Associated Press 1 min read
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Pike has begun walking and eating again at a hospital a week after surviving Tennessee's attempt to execute her with lethal drugs, her attorneys said Thursday.(Image credit:

Pike has begun walking and eating again at a hospital a week after surviving Tennessee's attempt to execute her with lethal drugs, her attorneys said Thursday.

(Image credit: George Walker IV)

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