Death Penalty: Christa Pike Survives Execution:

Send us Fan Mail Christa Pike was supposed to die on September 30. Two doses of pentobarbital later, she is still alive. Tennessee scheduled her to be the first woman executed in the state in more than 200 years. She has been on death row since 1996 for the 1995 torture-murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville. Court fights delayed the execution for hours. Witnesses say she never lost consciousness. After the second dose, she moved her toes, lifted her head, and was snoring. The sta...