Tennessee Governor Mike Lee spoke after he ordered an investigation and a temporary halt to scheduled executions after Christa Pike appeared to still be breathing and was sent to a hospital in an unknown condition after an attempted execution. ▻ ↧ Christa Pike appears to survive botched execution attempt in Tennes... Christa Pike, 50, was sentenced to death after being convicted of the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer.