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Christa Pike returns to prison after failed execution
Christa Pike, 50, returns to prison after Tennessee's failed execution attempt.
In brief
Christa Pike, 50, returns to prison after Tennessee's failed execution attempt. Christa Pike survived Tennessee's lethal injection attempt and is back in prison after being hospitalized since Sept 30. Originally reported by Straight Arrow.
Christa Pike returns to prison
Christa Pike, 50, returned to prison after surviving Tennessee's attempt to execute her by lethal injection.
Pike hospitalized since Sept 30
Pike was hospitalized since Sept 30 after surviving two doses of pentobarbital administered as the state attempted to execute her for Colleen Slemmer's 1995 death.
Pike in critical condition
Pike's attorneys say she is in critical condition and receiving life-saving care after Tennessee tried and failed twice to put her to death.
Tennessee judge orders evidence preservation
A Tennessee judge ordered the state to preserve evidence from Christa Pike's failed execution as new details emerge about her condition.
Pike's lawyers request life sentence
Pike's lawyers have asked the governor to commute her death sentence to life in prison after she survived two doses of pentobarbital.
Tennessee halts executions
Tennessee's governor halted executions after another botched attempt, and the state's prison chief resigned.
In short
Christa Pike survived Tennessee's lethal injection attempt and is back in prison after being hospitalized since Sept 30.
