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Christa Pike, 50, has been discharged from the hospital following her failed execution attempt in Tennessee and has returned to the Deborah K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, where she was previously housed for three decades. Surviving two doses of pentobarbital during an attempted lethal injection on September 30th, Pike's attorneys stated that while she is recovering with medical care at the prison, her long-term prognosis remains unclear. Her legal team continues to push for transparency from the state regarding the botched execution and advocate for a commutation of her sentence to life in prison without parole.
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Christa Pike, who survived a failed lethal injection execution attempt by Tennessee on September 30, has been discharged from a local hospital and transferred back to the Deborah K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center in Nashville, where she had been held for over 30 years. Her attorneys stated that she is grateful for medical care provided during this "extraordinary circumstances" and will continue receiving treatment at the prison facility. Pike's case is unprecedented as no one has survived an execution attempt by lethal injection before. She was originally sentenced to death in 1995 for the beating and stabbing murder of Colleen Slemmer.
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Christa Pike discharged from hospital after surviving execution attempt, attorney says
Pike, 50, moved back to Tennessee prison
Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee's attempt to execute her by lethal injection, has been moved back to prison, according to a statement released by her attorneys.
uncertain
who → discharge → attorneys
Pike, 50, was discharged from the hospital and is back at the Deborah K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, the women's prison where she was housed for 30 years, her attorneys said in a statement.
asserted
attorneys → discharge → statement
She is continuing to receive medical care at the prison, and we will continue to track her recovery," her attorneys said in a statement released Saturday.
asserted
attorneys → continue → statement
Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital as the state attempted to execute her by lethal injection on Sept. 30 for the 1995 beating and stabbing death of classmate Colleen Slemmer.
asserted
state → survive → Slemmer
Pike had been in a hospital since the failed execution.
asserted
Pike → fail → execution
On Wednesday, a Tennessee judge ordered the state to preserve evidence related to the botched execution, including needles, drug lot numbers and gurney restraints.
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judge → order → needles
Lawyers asking governor to commute sentence
asserted
Lawyers → ask → sentence
Following the court hearing on Wednesday, her lawyers Luke Ihnen and Randy Spivey said she was awake and speaking after being unconscious and on a ventilator following the failed execution attempt.
asserted
she → follow → attempt
Her attorneys said her prognosis remains unclear and that she faces a long recovery.
uncertain
she → say → recovery
Spivey also said Pike was "very aware" that the state tried to execute her and failed, and that she is both "angry and confused."
asserted
she → say → her
Ihnen and Spivey said Wednesday's hearing was the first of many of their attempts to gain answers and transparency from the state of Tennessee about what went wrong on Sept. 30 when Pike survived her lethal injection — as well as to have Pike's constitutional rights enforced.
asserted
rights → say → injection
Pike's attorneys said they were continuing to urge Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to commute her death sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
asserted
they → say → parole
Lee halted further executions statewide following Pike's hospitalization and ordered a "comprehensive, third-party review to determine exactly what occurred."
asserted
what → halt → review
The Death Penalty Information Center says Pike is the first person to survive after receiving lethal injection drugs during an execution.
asserted
Pike → say → execution
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