Christa Pike spoke about botched executions weeks before surviving lethal injection: ‘My worst nightmare’

Christa Pike seeks firing squad, not lethal injection: Inside US executions

Women make up about 1 percent of US executions. How do states put people to death, and why is it contested?

Sep 30, 2026

Christa Pike survived lethal injection. How your state carries out executions

Data: Death Penalty Information Center ; Note: New Hampshire abolished the death penalty but retains one prisoner on death row; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Christa Pike 's survival after two lethal injection doses has put state execution protocols nationwide under new scrutiny. The big picture: How prisoners are executed varies by state , with lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas and firing squads among the methods authorized. Lethal injections are the most common U.S. execution method , accoun

Oct 2, 2026

Christa Pike spoke about botched executions weeks before surviving lethal injection: ‘My worst nightmare’

Christa Pike told how a botched lethal injection was her "worst nightmare" in a recording made in prison just weeks before her failed execution.

Oct 2, 2026