US execution survivor Christa Pike says she is now in ‘constant pain’
Pike, 50, is being held in solitary confinement and faces an uncertain future after surviving a failed lethal injection.
Pike, 50, is being held in solitary confinement and faces an uncertain future after surviving a failed lethal injection, Al Jazeera English reported.
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