American female death row inmate whose execution failed was sent back to prison

Parker, 50, survived two normally fatal injections of pentobarbital last Wednesday in Nashville, Tennessee. She was subsequently taken to the hospital and put on a ventilator. On Tuesday, just before she was about to be taken off life support due to suspected brain death, she woke up again.

Pike was sentenced to death in 1995 for the murder of 19-year-old classmate Colleen Slemmer. Her lawyers argued that she was 18 at the time of the crime and suffered from psychological problems as a result of long-term sexual abuse.

The failed execution has reignited a fierce debate over the death penalty in the United States. Defense Minister Hegseth further intensified the discussion by announcing that he would live broadcast the execution of gunman Nidal Hasan by a firing squad.

Nidal Hasan, a former U.S. Army psychiatrist, was sentenced to death in 2013 for shooting 13 people and injuring about 30 others at the Fort Hood military base in Texas in 2009.

The Palestinian-American Muslim claimed he shot his fellow soldiers because they were waging war against other Muslims in Afghanistan.

Since the attack, Hassan has been living in a wheelchair due to a spinal cord injury. He is scheduled to be executed on December 3 at Fort Hood.