New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- The fate of a 50-year-old Tennessee woman remains undecided after she survived a botched execution attempt. Christa Pike, who was administered two doses of a lethal injection drug, was due to be executed on Wednesday. However, the botched execution attempt landed her in the hospital in critical condition, where she was receiving "life-saving medical care," according to reports. Following the botched execution, the Tennessee governor halted all executions for 2026.

Pike, now 50, was sentenced to death in 1996 after being convicted of murdering 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. In January 1995, Pike, then 18, and her boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, lured Slemmer to a wooded area, where they tortured and killed her. The case drew ...