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Christa Pike returns to prison after botched execution

Christa Pike, a Tennessee death-row inmate, was discharged from hospital and returned to prison more than a week after surviving a botched lethal-injection execution on 30 September, her attorneys said. The 50-year-old convicted murderer received two doses of lethal-injection drugs and was initially taken to hospital in critical condition. She is back in the prison where she has spent the last 30 years and will continue to receive medical care.

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Pike's attorneys say she is grateful for the care of first responders and her medical team.

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Botched execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee

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Christa Pike released from hospital following botched execution, attorneys say

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Christa Pike discharged from the hospital and back in prison

Pike's attorneys say she is grateful for the care of first responders and her medical team.

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Convicted murderer Christa Pike leaves hospital, returns to prison after botched execution

Christa Pike's lawyers on Saturday said that the 50-year-old convicted murderer has been discharged from the hospital and returned to prison. Pike was transported to the hospital in critical condition on September 30 after she survived Tennessee's botched effort to execute her for murdering a classmate when she was a teenager.

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Christa Pike out of hospital and back in prison after botched execution attempt

Pike’s lawyers said she is back in same prison she’s lived in for last 30 years and will continue to receive medical care Christa Pike has been discharged from the hospital after surviving Tennessee ’s botched 30 September attempt to execute her by lethal injection and is back in prison, her lawyers said on Saturday. Pike, 50, returned to the Deborah K Johnson rehabilitation center, where she has been imprisoned for…

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Christa Pike discharged from hospital and returned to Tennessee prison

Pike survived two doses of lethal-injection drugs on September 30, renewing scrutiny of capital punishment.

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Christa Pike released from hospital following botched execution, lawyers say

Christa Pike survived despite being given two doses of a lethal injection.

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