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Christa Pike's prognosis still unclear after failed execution, lawyer says

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US murderer Christa Pike remains critically ill in hospital and her prognosis is still unclear following her failed execution, her lawyer has said on Sunday.

Speaking to CNN on Sunday morning, Pike's lawyer Stephen Ferrell said doctors were still trying to clear two doses of pentobarbital from her body.

Pike, 50, was sentenced to death following her conviction for murdering Colleen Slemmer in 1995.

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