{"id":2174217,"date":"2026-10-01T17:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T14:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2174217"},"modified":"2026-10-01T17:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T14:52:17","slug":"christa-pikes-lawyers-call-for-death-sentence-to-be-commuted-after-failed-execution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2174217","title":{"rendered":"Christa Pike&#8217;s Lawyers Call for Death Sentence to Be Commuted After Failed Execution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/6b\/16by9\/2026\/10\/01\/6b4d1004df3a4f048963e01e1e759d37_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Christa Pike&#8217;s Lawyers Call for Death Sentence to Be Commuted After Failed Execution<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Christa Pike<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Lawyers Want Death Sentence Commuted<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"google-preferred-btn js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-icon.svg\" alt=\"Google\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"google-preferred-btn__title\">Add TMZ on Google<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-10-01T10:52:17-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              October 1, 2026<br \/>\n                            10:52 AM PDT<\/time><span class=\"divider\">|<\/span><br \/>\n                                                                Updated <time class=\"updated-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-10-01T12:46:21-07:00\"><br \/>\n                                  October 1, 2026<br \/>\n                                12:46 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-11553704d592ba3ded3c2cdc64783498\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-ea986f1c-183c-48f2-91b3-859d1fb42c46-1189732084-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/9d\/16by9\/2026\/10\/01\/9d6d4354952d447f930051ba17be5258_md.png\" alt=\"100126 pike attorney kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-ea986f1c-183c-48f2-91b3-859d1fb42c46-1189732084-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">TRIED TO HELP<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/christa-pikes-attorneys-speak-about-failed-death-10-01-2026\/\">Video: Christa Pike&#8217;s Lawyers Call for Death Sentence to Be Commuted After Failed Execution<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7d2a298f6ddb901ca85ac71b8ff793bb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/christa-pike\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Christa Pike<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s attorneys are calling on Tennessee to commute her death sentence after her failed execution &#8230; saying Pike was actually helping the execution team try to place her IV lines.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-57b7ff75fc2e5527dd96d4adc978bcac\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/randy-spivey\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Randy Spivey<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/stephen-ferrell\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Stephen Ferrell<\/strong><\/a> both urged the state to take another execution attempt off the table Thursday &#8230; arguing Pike had already endured a cruel and traumatic ordeal.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-b1fd9105c510257e2e36f278e35c5ac4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260929_9a7f792cd2ca4d35a881307505bd43d5\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:8d75731a-9fa7-4fca-bc48-da8a2bc0ac12\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/9a\/4by3\/2026\/09\/29\/9a7f792cd2ca4d35a881307505bd43d5_md.jpg\" alt=\"Christa Pike 1996 Reuters\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Reuters<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-29e70cd05a9844599c2415359d00160c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Spivey said Pike remained &#8220;kind, cooperative and at peace&#8221; as workers struggled to establish access &#8230; even telling them to try higher up toward her shoulder and thanking them when they thought they&#8217;d gotten a line.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-9ab15b920588fffe4242c7a9946b7b67\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He said he counted at least 7 needle sticks in Pike&#8217;s left arm alone, and claimed one appeared bent. He also said her right arm began turning purple after the second round of chemicals.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-e9bb10c67091e95b3cf996a0947281a6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260929_70fab5a67bdc40a0b3a420e89d245a3c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:8d75731a-9fa7-4fca-bc48-da8a2bc0ac12\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/70\/4by3\/2026\/09\/29\/70fab5a67bdc40a0b3a420e89d245a3c_md.jpg\" alt=\"Christa Pike Amnesty International USA\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Amnesty International USA<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-86a6ac891793c471180eaa00df03ffca\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Ferrell said Pike had feared for months the execution would unfold this way because of her history of difficult blood draws &#8230; and argued the state ignored repeated warnings from her legal team.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a1e6e7634204f58453d9e5b26c80a550\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The attorneys say they still can&#8217;t confirm whether the lethal injection drug actually entered her bloodstream &#8230; and they were told there is blistering and burning around the injection sites.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c21c137517a04c5c2dcf94da3582102e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260929_757f5ed64712480783c222ef0e7cfdd9\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:8d75731a-9fa7-4fca-bc48-da8a2bc0ac12\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/75\/4by3\/2026\/09\/29\/757f5ed64712480783c222ef0e7cfdd9_md.jpg\" alt=\"Christa Pike Mug Shot 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Tennessee Department of Correction<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-6bbc110f36180d9af1b4a4f030436b13\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Spivey said her biggest fear was a prolonged, painful death &#8230; adding, &#8220;that&#8217;s what happened minus the death&#8221; &#8230; and they mentioned Pike kept expressing concern for the family of <strong>Colleen Slemmer<\/strong>, the woman she was convicted of killing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-80d12cc794139d38dcd46da6e729f540\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As TMZ reported, Pike remains hospitalized in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/10\/01\/christa-pikes-lawyer-says-she-s-critically-ill-in-hospital-not-comatose\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>critical condition<\/strong><\/a> and is unconscious, though her lawyer stressed she&#8217;s not in a coma.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-44ce2fac23b59c4942097c90cb2a8aa6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20261001_e56bbdccaee44eb08f750aecba45e24e\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:8d75731a-9fa7-4fca-bc48-da8a2bc0ac12\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/e5\/4by3\/2026\/10\/01\/e56bbdccaee44eb08f750aecba45e24e_md.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Carruthers mug shot 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Tennessee Department of Correction<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-9ecf9c80def5218facabd750792845e1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The failed execution was Tennessee&#8217;s second this year. In May, the same official, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/mark-fowler\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Mark Fowler<\/strong><\/a>, was unable to execute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/tony-carruthers\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Tony Carruthers<\/strong><\/a> after struggling for more than an hour to establish the necessary IV access.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f96ea1984ebd8356d9da2e660f4695fb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Pike&#8217;s execution warrant expired at midnight, meaning the Tennessee Supreme Court would have to set another date before the state could try again. Tennessee Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/bill-lee\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Bill Lee<\/strong><\/a> has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/10\/01\/tennessee-governor-halts-executions-after-botched-christa-pike-attempt\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>paused executions<\/strong><\/a> for the rest of 2026 and ordered a third-party review of what went wrong.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-38ed87da00d1d5aa22c3d636d2662e5a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Pike&#8217;s attorneys say a review isn&#8217;t enough &#8230; they want her death sentence commuted so the state never gets another chance to try again.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<ul class=\"social social--permalink\">\n<li class=\"social__item 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