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

The convicted murderer who survived a botched execution attempt in the US state of Tennessee last week has been discharged from hospital and returned to prison, her lawyers said Saturday. Christa Pike, 50, was administered two lethal doses of the drug pentobarbital on September 30 that failed to kill her. Read moreChrista Pike 'angry and confused' after surviving Tennessee execution attempt She was transported to hospital in critical condition but later regained consciousness, with her lawyers saying this week that she was walking around but in a "foggy" mental state. "Christa Pike was discharged from a local hospital and is now at Deborah K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center where she has been housed for more than 30 years," her lawyers said in a statement Saturday. Pike was sentenced to death in Tennessee for murdering a classmate, a crime committed when she was a teenager. "She is grateful to the first responders and her medical team for their care in these extraordinary circumstances," the statement went on. Pike "is continuing to receive medical care at the prison, and we will continue to track her recovery", the lawyers said. The attempted execution came after days of last-minute...