Christa Pike discharged from hospital and returned to prison, her lawyers say
Summary
Christa Pike, a death row inmate in Tennessee, survived a failed execution by lethal injection and was discharged from the hospital to return to prison. She is receiving medical care in prison, and the state is investigating what happened during the execution.Key Facts
- Christa Pike is a 50-year-old woman on death row in Tennessee.
- She survived two lethal injections of pentobarbital on September 30, which left her critically ill.
- Pike was hospitalized but regained consciousness and began speaking several days later.
- She has been returned to the same prison where she has been held for 30 years.
- Pike was convicted of torturing and killing Colleen Slemmer when Pike was 18 years old.
- Tennessee officials do not yet know if the state will try to execute Pike again.
- A judge ordered the state to save all evidence related to the failed execution.
- Pike is believed to be the only person in the U.S. to survive an execution attempt by lethal injection.
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