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Christa Pike Discharged From Hospital and Returned to Prison After Surviving Botched Lethal Injection

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike has been discharged from a local hospital and returned to the Deborah K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center after surviving two doses of pentobarbital during a failed execution attempt on Sept. 30. Her attorneys say she continues to receive medical care at the prison and faces an uncertain legal future as the state reviews what went wrong.

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Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike has been discharged from a local hospital and returned to the Deborah K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center after surviving two doses of pentobarbital during a failed execution attempt on Sept. 30. Her attorneys say she continues to receive med…

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