Christa Pike's attorneys renew push for commuted sentence after botched execution: "Take death off the table"

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Christa Pike, the first woman on Tennessee's death row, survived a lethal injection attempt.
She remains hospitalized on a ventilator in critical condition.
Her attorneys are requesting her death sentence be commuted to life in prison.
Pike was convicted of the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer.
The botched execution has led to the resignation of Tennessee's Department of Correction commissioner and an ordered review of the state's execution protocols.
Tennessee's execution protocol has faced scrutiny in the past, with previous issues including a failed execution attempt earlier in the year.
Pike's survival after receiving lethal drugs is considered unprecedented in the modern death penalty era.

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