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Christa Pike was taken to the emergency room and says she has been forced to clean a “roach-infested shower” since her botched execution, according to a report.
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she → take → report
Pike had previously been discharged and returned to prison after surviving two lethal injections of the drug pentobarbital in Nashville on September 30.
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Pike → discharge → September
The now-50-year-old had received the death penalty after being convicted in 1996 of a murder in Tennessee she carried out a year earlier with her then-boyfriend.
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she → receive → boyfriend
Pike has since been “returned to the emergency room once” after being discharged, according to a personal declaration filed by her legal team in a bid to be reintegrated with part of the prison population.
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Pike → return → population
The details were revealed in an emergency motion and obtained by PEOPLE.
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details → reveal → PEOPLE
She was not readmitted to ER for inpatient care.
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She → readmitte → care
The convicted murderer added that she has been made to carry out tasks such as cleaning a “roach-infested shower,” arguing that the tasks put her at a “high risk of infection and further injury.”
In her October 30 statement, Pike detailed her condition following the September 30 execution attempt.
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Pike → convict → attempt
“Several days later I woke up alone in a hospital confused and in pain,” she said.
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she → wake → pain
Pike added, “My body hurts.
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body → add → ?
My arms hurt.
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arms → hurt → ?
My hands hurt.
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hands → hurt → ?
My throat hurts.
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throat → hurt → ?
I still struggle to speak.”
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I → struggle → ?
The 50-year-old says in the personal declaration reviewed by PEOPLE that she wishes to return to the prison, but cannot remain in the pod she previously occupied.
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she → say → pod
“This pod houses inmates with significant histories of assaults and disciplinary problems,” she alleged.
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she → house → assaults
“In my two years living in this pod after entering into the settlement, I witnessed multiple assaults by close custody inmates of other inmates and guards, multiple individuals who were undergoing acute psychological breakdowns, and significant danger.”
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who → live → breakdowns
Pike is seeking to be able to join “group meals, group classes, lobby time, group religious services, work assignments, or shared recreation.”
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Pike → seek → meals
A deadline for defendants to respond to the filing was set for November 4 by a judge, with Pike’s team then having until November 6 to respond to defendants.
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team → respond → defendants
Pike was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder back in 1996, after she and her then-boyfriend tortured and killed their Job Corps classmate Colleen Slemmer a year earlier.
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she → convict → classmate
Tadaryl Shipp, Pike’s former boyfriend, was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
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Shipp → convict → murder
He was 17 years old at the time of the murder, making him ineligible for the death penalty.
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him → make → penalty
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