During the execution attempt, Pike survived two doses or injections of the drugs intended for the lethal injection. The incident preceded her hospitalization and the subsequent discharge reported by the sources.
Pike’s lawyers said that their client had returned to the prison facility and would continue to receive medical care. The sources describe the center as the Tennessee women’s prison where she had been held for about 30 years.
According to Clarín, Pike spent about ten days in the hospital before being discharged. The name of the medical facility was not provided in the available information.
The Times of India also reported that Tennessee Governor Bill Lee ordered a review of the state’s execution procedures after the incident. This detail was reported by only one of the available sources.
According to the Times of India, Pike had been sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of her classmate, Colleen Slemmer.
The name of the prison is spelled differently in the sources: Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center in some articles and Deborah K Johnson Rehabilitation Center in another. The different names refer to the same Tennessee women’s facility to which Pike returned after her discharge.