What happened in the failed execution of Christa Pike - and how did she survive?

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• BBC News
  high factuality UK Royal Charter · state-funded

  The convicted killer of Colleen Slemmer is said to be awake and speaking in hospital in Tennessee after an execution attempt.

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• Reuters
  high factuality Thomson Reuters Corp · corporate

  Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike is conscious and speaking,

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