Christa Pike released from hospital, back in prison following botched execution in Tennessee, lawyers say

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Christa Pike has been released from the hospital and returned to Deborah K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center in Nashville.
Her planned execution on September 30th was botched, and she survived after receiving two doses of lethal injection.
Pike was hospitalized and has since regained consciousness, spoken, and begun walking with assistance.
She was convicted in 1995 of the murder of Colleen Slemmer.
Pike's legal team has requested that Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee commute her death sentence to life in prison without parole.
Tennessee's correctional department has been ordered to preserve records related to the failed execution.

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