Christa Pike speaks out after surviving execution

Christa Pike, who survived an execution by lethal injection in the US, has spoken publicly for the first time since the incident a month ago and said she is in constant physical and mental pain.

Pike, a convicted murderer on death row for three decades, was supposed to be put to death in Tennessee on 30 September but survived two botched attempts.

The 50-year-old was given two doses of pentobarbital, a lethal drug used by the US state in executions.

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