EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Tennessee lawyers and experts urge Governor Bill Lee to commute Christa Pike's death sentence after a botched execution left her hospitalized.
Christa Pike's lawyers are calling on Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to commute her death sentence to life in prison after she remained alive following two doses of lethal injection drugs in what one death penalty expert described as an unprecedented event.
Pike, who was sentenced to death for a 1995 murder of a classmate, was rushed to a hospital Wednesday night after surviving her planned execution. Her lawyers said on Thursday that she remains in critical condition and is receiving "lifesaving medical care."