American female prisoner survived two doses of poisonous injections and was discharged from hospital and returned to prison to continue receiving care

(Central News Agency, Washington, 10th, Comprehensive Foreign News Report) Christa Pike, a Tennessee female prisoner in the United States, unexpectedly survived a lethal injection last week. Her lawyer said today that Pike has been discharged from the hospital and returned to prison.

Agence France-Presse reported that Parker, 50, survived after receiving two doses of the supposedly fatal drug pentobarbital on September 30.

She was taken to hospital in critical condition but later regained consciousness. Her lawyer said this week that she is now able to get out of bed and walk around, but her mental state remains "drowsy."

According to the Death Penalty Information Center (DPI), Parker is the only inmate to survive a lethal dose of an execution drug.

Parker's attorney said in a statement today that Parker has been discharged from a local hospital and is now back at the rehabilitation center where she has served for more than 30 years. Parker is continuing to receive medical care in jail and her legal team will continue to monitor her recovery.

After the incident, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee ordered a suspension of all executions scheduled for this year in the state and launched an independent third-party investigation into the failed case.

Tennessee will switch to a single-drug lethal injection protocol in 2024, using the powerful drug pentobarbital. However, because European laws prohibit pharmaceutical companies from selling drugs for executions, the U.S. prison system usually relies on smaller and loosely regulated "dispensing pharmacies" to purchase drugs, and the entire procurement process is quite opaque.

Most countries around the world and 23 states in the United States have abolished the death penalty. Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that Parker's case shows that other states in the United States should also follow suit.