Christa Pike 'angry and confused' after Tennessee's failed execution effort

Christa Pike, sentenced to death for a 1995 murder, awoke "angry and confused" in a hospital this week with a long recuperation ahead after surviving Tennessee's botched effort to execute her, her lawyers said on Wednesday.

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Christa Pike 'angry and confused' after Tennessee's failed execution effort

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