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

Source CBS Local
Original Load Date Oct. 10, 2026, 3 p.m.
Last Updated Oct. 10, 2026, 3 p.m.
Original URL https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/christa-pike-released-hospital-back-prison-botched-execution-tennessee/

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Christa Pike, the woman whose [ execution by lethal injection was botched ][6] last month in Tennessee, has been released from the hospital and is now back in prison, according to her lawyers. She has been transferred back to Deborah K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center in Nashville, where she had bee...