Tennessee Department of Correction shows Christa Pike on Jan. 12, 2023.Christa Pike is unconscious and on a ventilator after a botched execution late Wednesday evening, her attorneys said.Christa Pike, 50, was sentenced to death for a 1995 fatal stabbing, torture and beating of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer.An inverted pentagram was carved into Slemmer’s chest during the gruesome murder.Pike was 18 at the time of the murder. Pike’s boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, was also convicted of the 1995 murder.Earlier Wednesday, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to halt the execution to determine whether Pike’s allegations of childhood sexual abuse were taken into consideration during her death penalty sentencing.Tennessee’s Attorney General immediately appealed to the Supreme Court. A few hours later, the Supreme Court allowed Tennessee to go forward with the execution.The US Supreme Court allowed Tennessee’s execution of Christa Pike to move forward.The drama wasn’t over yet because late Wednesday night, Christa Pike’s attorneys said that Tennessee executioners administered two syringes of pentobarbital and Pike was still alive.Pike was snoring as she was strapped down to a gurney inside Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville.She was later rushed to a hospital and is currently intubated.Legal experts have warned that the Supreme Court has barred the execution of a condemned prisoner who is medically unconscious. An unconscious or comatose person cannot be executed because they lack awareness, legal experts warned.Excerpt from Fox News:A Tennessee death row inmate remained unconscious on a ventilator Friday after surviving the state’s failed attempt to execute her this week, and her attorneys accused prison officials of ignoring months of warnings that the lethal injection could go catastrophically wrong.“Christa remains critically ill and is receiving medical care for the devastating effects of Wednesday night’s events,” attorneys Stephen Ferrell and Luke Ihnen said in a statement Friday. “As detailed in today’s filing, Christa remains hospitalized following Wednesday night’s failed execution attempt.“She is critically ill, unconscious, intubated and receiving breathing assistance through a ventilator,” they added. “She is being treated for the serious effects of the pentobarbital administered during the execution attempt, including significant injuries to both arms.”The emergency motion paints a far more detailed picture of what Pike’s attorneys say unfolded inside the execution chamber.Pike’s team contends the execution team struggled to establish IV access, using at least seven needles before administering two lethal doses of pentobarbital.The motion says Pike arrived at the hospital with both arms “swollen, burned, and blistered.” It also says medical experts have compared pentobarbital to “bleach” or “Drano,” describing it as a highly caustic substance capable of burning skin, tissue and veins.The post Christa Pike Unconscious and on Ventilator After Botched Execution appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.