US woman who survived botched execution says she’s in constant pain

Convicted murderer Christa Pike said Friday that she is in constant pain, a month after surviving a botched execution attempt in the US state of Tennessee.
“There hasn’t been a moment since that night when I haven’t been in pain,” Pike said in a statement released by her lawyers.
“My body hurts. My arms hurt. My hands hurt. My throat hurts,” she said. “I still struggle to speak. And the pain isn’t just physical. There is pain in my mind and in my soul.”
Pike, 50, was given two doses of the drug pentobarbital at a state prison on September 30 — a usually fatal dose that nevertheless failed to kill her.
She was transported to hospital in critical condition and returned to prison aft...