Lawyers share Christa Pike’s first words since waking — and make her case in court

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  Good morning.

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  Lawyers share the first words of Krista Pike since waking up from her botched execution as courtroom hearings begin.

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  We don't know the toll all of this will take, but Krista is a survivor and we remain hopeful.

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  It's Thursday, October 8th.

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  I'm Gideon Resnick.

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  This is Apple News Today.

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  As recently as Monday night, Krista Pike's lawyers assumed their client was brain dead.

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  A day later, the extraordinary news emerged that she had not only survived, but was conscious.

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  And yesterday, her attorney, Randy Spivey, offered another update.

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  Our understanding was the first thing she said was, where am I and who are you?

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  There's still a lot of cognitive confusion.

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  And he said she was aware that the state had tried to execute her.

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  She has wanted to know what's happened.

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  And she's asked about several people.

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  She's asked about her team.

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  She's asked about the victim's family.

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  Like she is, I think she is angry and confused about everything right now.

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  Pike's lawyers say they want the governor to commute her sentence for torture and murder to life in prison.

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