Claims extracted
27
sentences that state something as happening or true
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4%
1 of 27 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Politics
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In short:
Christa Pike has made her first statement since surviving a botched execution in September.
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Pike → make → September
The 50-year-old says she is in "constant pain" and blames her failed execution on "incompetence".
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she → say → incompetence
She had been sentenced to death over the 1995 stabbing death of 19-year-old classmate Colleen Slemmer.
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She → sentence → Slemmer
Christa Pike says she remains in constant pain and struggles to speak a month after surviving a lethal injection in Tennessee, a failure she blames on "incompetence".
In her first public statement since the execution, Pike said she never contemplated a life beyond her execution date and was prepared to die in peace, but woke up alone and confused in a hospital bed.
"There hasn't been a moment since that night when I haven't been in pain," she said.
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she → say → pain
My body hurts.
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body → hurt → ?
My arms hurt.
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arms → hurt → ?
My hands hurt.
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hands → hurt → ?
My throat hurts.
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throat → hurt → ?
I still struggle to speak.
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I → struggle → ?
Pike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbital as the state tried to execute her on September 30 for the 1995 stabbing death of 19-year-old classmate Colleen Slemmer.
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state → survive → classmate
Pike was 18 when she and her boyfriend tortured and killed Ms Slemmer, becoming one of the youngest women to be sentenced to death.
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she → torture → death
"I'm deeply hurt by the incompetence that has put so many people in this terrible position," she said.
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she → hurt → position
"I continue to think about my victim's family and the terrible pain and loss they have endured."
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they → continue → family
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has called for an investigation into what happened during the failed execution and postponed the state's other lethal injection scheduled this year.
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what → call → injection
The state's prison chief resigned.
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chief → resign → ?
Pike said she was thankful for the medical workers who saved her life and the people who showed her kindness.
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who → say → kindness
"I don't know why I survived that night.
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I → know → ?
I don't know what comes next,"she said.
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what → know → ?
"Some days, finding hope is harder than others.
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finding → find → others
For now, I am trying to heal, one day at a time.
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And I am holding on to the love and kindness of so many people who have reminded me that I am not alone."
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The failed lethal injection left her arms burned and blistered, according to her lawyers.
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injection → fail → lawyers
Medical and lethal injection experts have focused on the possibility that a problem with the IV line caused the drug to pool in her tissue rather than entering her bloodstream.
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drug → focus → bloodstream
Pike's attorneys have urged the governor to reduce her sentence to life imprisonment.
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attorneys → urge → imprisonment
Lee told reporters this week that, "I suspect her sentence will be the same as before unless determined otherwise by the courts."
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sentence → tell → courts
Friday's statement was dictated to Pike's legal team from the infirmary at the prison where she is housed.
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she → dictate → prison
Pike was hospitalised in the immediate aftermath of the failed execution and then moved back to prison at the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center.
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Pike → hospitalise → Center
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