Christa Pike, who survived an execution attempt, is discharged from hospital

Christa Pike in 2023. (TDOC via AP)

Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection, has been moved back to prison, according to a statement released by her lawyers.

Pike, 50, was discharged from the hospital and is back at the Deborah K Johnson Rehabilitation Centre, the women’s prison where she was housed for 30 years, her lawyers said in a statement.

“She is grateful to the first responders and her medical team for their care in these extraordinary circumstances. She is continuing to receive medical care at the prison, and we will continue to track her recovery,” her lawyers said in a statement.

Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital as the state attempted to execute her by lethal injection on September 30 for the 1995 beating and stabbing death of classmate Colleen Slemmer.

Pike had been in a hospital since the failed execution.