Attorneys challenge Christa Pike’s solitary confinement after botched execution: ‘We’re very concerned’

Source: New York Post

One month after Christa Pike survived a botched execution attempt, her attorneys filed an emergency motion demanding she be released from solitary confinement. The convicted murderer, 50, was set to be the first woman put to death in Tennessee in over 200 years, but instead became the first prisoner ever to survive after being given the lethal drugs. 4 Christa Pike was set to be the first woman put to death in Tennessee in over 200 years, but instead became the first prisoner ever to survive after being given the lethal drugs.