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

https://mins.news/en/item/94707

- France 24, 2026-10-10 17:41 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261010-convicted-murderer-christa-pike-leaves-hospital-returns-to-prison-after-botched-execution

> Christa Pike’s lawyers said Saturday that the 50-year-old convicted murderer had been discharged from hospital and returned to prison. She was taken to hospital in critical condition on September 30 after surviving Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her for murdering a classmate as a teenager.

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