NashvillePike, 50, is speaking after surviving two pentobarbital doses.
She is thought to be the first prisoner in the US to survive such an injection.
Her lawyers’ filing says the intravenous lines failed and the team still gave a backup set of syringes.
Colleen Slemmer’s family had advocated the death penalty, citing the violence of her 1995 murder at 19.
Her prognosis is unclear, and her lawyers expect a long recovery.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 500+ reports worldwide
- The New York Times
- BBC
- emphasizes Pike remains handcuffed and shackled despite severe medical need
- Hindustan Times
- links thrombocytosis and difficult venous access to execution failure, cites lawyer testimony predicting complications
- Al Jazeera Online
- frames Pike's survival as first-ever US lethal injection survival, catalyst for death penalty debate
Sources: The New York Times, BBC, Hindustan Times, Al Jazeera Online