Execution survivor released from hospital, returns to prison
TENNESSEE, (United States): Death row inmate Christa Pike was released from a US hospital on Saturday and sent back to prison where she will continue receiving medical care following her botched execution attempt in Tennessee, her attorneys said.
Christa Pike, a death row inmate, has been released from a hospital and returned to prison following a failed execution attempt in Tennessee, according to her attorneys. Pike, who was sentenced to death for a 1995 murder, was unconscious and critically ill in a Nashville hospital after two failed injections on September 30. She awoke angry and confused, and her lawyers previously suspected she might be brain-dead.
Pike, 50, is now at the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, where she has been housed for over 30 years. Her attorneys, Stephen Ferrell, Luke Ihnen, Randy Spivey, and Kelly Gleason, released a joint statement on Wednesday. A Tennessee judge ordered the preservation of all evidence related to the failed execution, marking the first step in enforcing Pike's constitutional rights.
Governor Bill Lee suspended all executions in Tennessee until the investigation into Pike's case and another execution failure involving Tony Carruthers in May is completed.
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