Christa Pike reportedly in critical condition after surviving two execution attempts

American death row prisoner Christa Pike, now 50, is reported to be in critical condition after surviving two attempts to carry out her death sentence. Details of the attempts and her medical condition were not provided.

Pike was sentenced to death in 1996 after being convicted of murdering Colleen Slemmer.

She had met Slemmer in 1995 at a vocational training camp for troubled teenagers. Their meeting preceded the murder conviction that led to Pike’s death sentence.

The available information does not specify when or where the reported execution attempts took place, or provide medical confirmation of Pike’s current condition.