Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike released from hospital, returned to prison
Pike, 50, had been taken from the execution chamber to a Nashville hospital, unconscious and with severe arm injuries after two injections failed to kill her at a maximum-security prison.
Christa Pike, a death row inmate, was discharged from a Tennessee hospital on Saturday and returned to her cell, where she will continue to receive medical care after a failed execution attempt in September, her attorneys announced. Pike, who was sentenced to death for a 1995 murder, awoke in the hospital feeling angry and disoriented, according to her lawyers Stephen Ferrell, Luke Ihnen, Randy Spivey, and Kelly Gleason.
The 50-year-old woman had been unconscious, critically ill, and suffering from severe arm injuries following the execution attempt at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution where two injections had failed to kill her. This week, a Tennessee judge ordered prison officials to preserve all evidence related to the failed execution, which her lawyers described as a crucial step to protect and enforce her constitutional rights.
In light of the botched execution, Governor Bill Lee has suspended all executions in Tennessee for the rest of the year while investigators probe the incident.
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