Botched execution survivor in Tennessee, US returns to prison

WASHINGTON: Convicted murderer Christa Pike, who survived a botched execution attempt in the US state of Tennessee last week, has been discharged from hospital and returned to prison, her lawyers said on Saturday. Pike, 50, was given two doses of the drug pentobarbital on Sept 30 — a usually fatal dose that nevertheless failed to kill her. She was transported to hospital in critical condition but later regained consciousness, with her lawyers saying this week that she was walking around but in a “foggy” mental state. Pike is the only inmate to ever survive after being injected with lethal…