One month ago, Christa Pike survived what seemed impossible: a lethal injection in which two rounds of the drug had already entered her body.Medics took her from the Tennessee death chamber and she was placed on a hospital ventilator; she regained consciousness days later.Now, Pike, the sole woman on Tennessee’s death row, says she is healing in a prison medical ward, but the pain she still feels extends far beyond the physical.Christa Gail Pike, on death row for a slaying, appears in court in Nashville, Tenn., on April 12, 2012.Dipti Vaidya / USA Today via Reuters“There hasn’t been a moment since that night when I haven’t been in pain,” Pike, 50, said in her first public statement, which her legal team shared Friday.
“My body hurts.My arms hurt.
My hands hurt.My throat hurts.
I still struggle to speak.And the pain isn’t just physical.
There is pain in my mind and in my soul.”For SubscribersFOR SUBSCRIBERSGOP former Sen.John Sununu seeks distance from Trump in New Hampshire comeback bidFOR SUBSCRIBERSOhio legislators alarmed by Medicaid fraud crackdown’s impact on disabled peopleFOR SUBSCRIBERSTop general fired by Hegseth amid leak investigationFOR SUBSCRIBERSTrump pushes his administration to ramp up investigations into the Alaska Senate raceFOR SUBSCRIBERSChinese hackers used DeepSeek and other AI tools in sweeping global cyberattacks, report findsFOR SUBSCRIBERSAn ugly, Islamophobic turn in Michigan’s Senate raceFOR SUBSCRIBERSIsrael’s Arab parties emerge from election as kingmakers and a focus of angerFOR SUBSCRIBERSCruise company had troubled history before abandoning passengers in CambodiaFOR SUBSCRIBERSDark money group seeks to undercut Republican candidates with pro-gun votersFOR SUBSCRIBERSAmy Acton’s mom, who called her a ‘liar’ in Ramaswamy ad, faced years of turmoil, records showFOR SUBSCRIBERSFDA plans to update nutrition rules for infant formulaFOR SUBSCRIBERSHow French student protests over schools escalated into natio...