US death row inmate Christa Pike conscious after failed execution, lawyers say

Her lawyers had said in the days afterwards that she was unconscious while medical staff cleared her body of the pentobarbitol injected during the failed execution attempt.This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.

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Pike, 50, continues to receive critical medical care while handcuffed in hospital, according to a statement from her lawyers on Tuesday.