Christa Pike, who was tried to be executed by lethal injection in the USA, returned to prison

The hospital treatment of Christa Pike, who was sentenced to death for a murder committed in the US state of Tennessee in 1995, ended after the execution attempt.

50-year-old Pike, who was planned to be executed by lethal injection on September 30, but was hospitalized after the execution attempt failed, was discharged and sent back to prison.

Defense attorneys announced that Pike's medical care will continue in prison.

HE SURVIVED DESPITE TWO DOSES OF POISONIC NEEDLES

Pike's execution was planned to take place on September 30 at 20:00 local time at Riverbend Maximum Security Prison in the city of Nashville.

Pike, who survived despite being administered two doses of lethal injection, was hospitalized and taken to intensive care after the execution attempt.

His lawyers said last week that Pike had regained consciousness but remained angry and confused.

HE WAS DEMANDED TO DEATH FOR THE MURDER IN 1995

Christa Pike, along with her boyfriend Tadaryl Shipp, was convicted of torturing and murdering 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, whom she met at a training camp for troubled youth, in 1995, when she was 18 years old.

Pike, who was sentenced to death in 1996, is known as the only female convict sentenced to death penalty in the state of Tennessee.