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2026-10-30 17:35:00Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Christa Pike has made her first public statement a month after her failed execution in the US state of Tennessee, speaking out about the ongoing physical pain and psychological suffering she is experiencing.

In a statement released Friday by her legal team, she said she has not had a moment without pain since being injected with a large dose of the sedative pentobarbital during an attempted suicide on September 30.

"My body, arms, hands and throat hurt. I still have difficulty speaking. But the pain is not just physical. There is pain in my mind and soul," said Pike, also criticizing the incompetence that, according to her, has put everyone in this difficult situation.

Pike was strapped to a stretcher in the execution chamber in Tennessee, where she was to be executed for the murder of a classmate, Colleen Slemmer, in 1995, when she was 18. It took the execution team nearly 60 minutes to secure an intravenous line to inject the lethal substance, but the procedure failed and the 50-year-old survived.

After the incident, she spent 10 days in intensive care at the hospital and then returned to the Debra Johnson Rehabilitation Center in Nashville, where she is currently being held mostly in solitary confinement. Pike said that being away from people and human connection is another form of suffering for her, having spent her first 28 years on death row in solitary confinement.

The incident sparked strong reactions in Tennessee and across the United States, with Republican Governor Bill Lee ordering a moratorium on further executions pending an independent investigation into what happened. It is not yet clear what will happen to Pike's sentence, but the governor has said he expects it to remain in effect unless the courts rule otherwise.

In her statement, Pike said she was prepared to die that night and had accepted her fate, but after waking up in the hospital, alone, confused and in pain, she is trying to understand why she survived. She thanked the doctors, nurses, lawyers and everyone who supported her, adding that she is trying to recover day by day and find strength in the kindness of people who have reminded her that she is not alone.


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