{"id":2392,"date":"2026-10-01T22:40:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T22:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2026-10-01T22:40:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T22:40:58","slug":"mom-of-christa-pikes-victim-breaks-silence-after-witnessing-mess-execution-attempt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/?p=2392","title":{"rendered":"Mom of Christa Pike\u2019s victim breaks silence after witnessing \u2018mess\u2019 execution attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Martinez thought she\u2019d finally see justice. Instead, she watched the unthinkable. Two lethal injections. A closed curtain. Confusion, panic, and a condemned woman still breathing. No one would tell her what was happening. No one seemed in control. By the time officials spoke, the damage was done, and the word \u201cjustice\u201d sounded empt\u2026 <strong>Continues\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the cold glare of the execution chamber, May Martinez expected an ending. She had carried her daughter\u2019s murder for nearly three decades, traveling from Florida to Tennessee to watch the state do what it promised. Instead, she witnessed a system falter in real time: curtains drawn and redrawn, media ushered out, officials whispering, and the woman who tortured and killed her child surviving two rounds of lethal injection.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>When someone finally explained, it was with sterile language about \u201cprotocol\u201d and \u201cmedical care.\u201d Martinez\u2019s response was raw: \u201cThey f***** up.\u201d Experts now warn Christa Pike may have suffered brain damage from delayed resuscitation, while the state insists every approved step was followed. For Martinez, none of that fixes the chaos, or the years of grief. She remembers Colleen as a 19\u2011year\u2011old who loved computers and roller rinks\u2014and vows, once again, to be her voice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martinez thought she\u2019d finally see justice. Instead, she watched the unthinkable. Two lethal injections. A closed curtain. Confusion, panic, and a condemned woman still breathing. No&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2396,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392\/revisions\/2396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}