Christa Pike left hospital after botched Tennessee execution
What's new: 911 recordings show emergency help was delayed about 30 minutes as responders and prison officials disputed whether the call was real.
Christa Pike, the Tennessee death row inmate who survived a failed lethal injection on Sept. 30, has been discharged from a hospital and returned to the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, where she is still receiving medical care. Pike, 50, remained in critical condition after the state used two doses of pentobarbital in an attempt to execute her for the 1995 killing of Colleen Slemmer, but her lawyers said she later regained consciousness and began speaking. Recordings reviewed by The Associated Press show emergency responders were held up for about 30 minutes after confusion over whether the call from the execution chamber was legitimate. Tennessee has not explained what caused the execution to fail, and a judge has ordered the state to preserve evidence.