Christa Pike said that she had ‘love’ for people who hated her before Tennessee’s failed execution attempt

Christa Gail Pike, the only woman on death row in Tennessee, is still alive after the state tried to execute her by lethal injection drugs on Wednesday, September 30, hours after the legal delays, as per her lawyers.

As per The Tennessseean, the state's Department of Correction proceeded with the execution by lethal injection. However, even after administering 2 doses of injection, the attempt failed, and she recived medical care. A death penalty expert told the Associated Press that it was an “unprecedented failure.”

Before all this could unravel, the 50-year-old shared some somber messaging after being brought to the execution chamber.


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What Pike said in the execution chmaber

Kim Chandler, a reporter with the Associated Press and an official media witness, reveled in what Pite said, which would be her last words during a press conference.

“Pike said she was going to leave this world in the same way she spent “most of her life, in love”

“She said she had love for the people who were out here hating on her," Chandler quoted. She closed her statement with saying, ‘I’m at peace. I’m ready to be free.’ Then something about celebrating her freedom, and then she closed with, ‘This is a happy day.’” Then the execution got underway.

Her spiritual advisor sang with her a song, Chandler said, saying she couldn't hear the lyrics, but it repeatedly said, “I love you.” As per her ordeal, she once even looked towards prison officials and asked if it was supposed to feel that way.

Pike, the only woman on Tennessee’s death row, and her boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp were found guilty of murdering and beating up Colleen A. Slemmer in 1995. Slemmer, who was their fellow classmate at a job training program in Knoxville, was only 19 years old at the time of the incident. One of the reasons why this murder case got such publicity is due to the pentagram that was engraved on Slemmer’s body.