Capital punishment is surging in the US after Christa Pike's botched execution
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Christa Pike, 50, became the only person to survive a full lethal injection execution in the US after a botched procedure in Tennessee where pentobarbital failed to enter her bloodstream. It took over an hour to establish intravenous lines, during which Pike assisted the execution team. She regained consciousness on Tuesday and is able to talk and walk, bringing renewed scrutiny to flaws in the execution system amid a surge in federal executions under President Donald Trump.
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