US inmate who survived failed execution discharged from hospital

Christa Pike, a 50-year-old death row inmate from Tennessee, has been discharged from the hospital following a failed lethal injection attempt. She was transferred back to Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Centre, the women's prison where she has been held for 30 years. Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital, the drug used in the execution, and was later placed on a ventilator.

She regained consciousness and began to speak and walk with assistance. The Tennessee Department of Correction has not disclosed the cause of the failed execution, but Pike's attorneys speculate that improperly placed IV lines may have prevented the drug from entering her bloodstream. The incident has prompted renewed scrutiny of the state's execution procedures, leading Governor Bill Lee to postpone another scheduled execution and order a review of the incident.