# Christa Pike returns to prison after failed execution

> Christa Pike, 50, returns to prison after Tennessee's failed execution attempt.
- Title: Christa Pike returns to prison after failed execution
- Summary: Christa Pike, 50, returns to prison after Tennessee's failed execution attempt. Christa Pike survived Tennessee's lethal injection attempt and is back in…
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- Source: Straight Arrow — https://san.com/cc/christa-pike-returns-to-prison-after-failed-execution
- Published: 2026-10-10T17:45:00+00:00
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- Topics: christa pike, executions, tennessee, lethal injection, death row, pentobarbital, colleen slemmer, news, politics, world
## 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.
## Key takeaway

Christa Pike survived Tennessee's lethal injection attempt and is back in prison after being hospitalized since Sept 30.