Christa Pike begs not to be sent back to former prison block: I will be seriously hurt
She’s prison enemy No.1. Christa Pike is begging not to be sent back to her former prison block one month after becoming the first-ever death row inmate to survive a lethal injection execution — claiming that her life will be in danger.
But the 50-year-old convicted murderer whined that she still wants out of the medical ward at Debra K.Johnson Rehabilitation Center, where she’s been in solitary confinement since the headline-grabbing botched execution on Sept.
30, according to an emergency order filed in federal court.“This pod houses inmates with significant histories of assaults and disciplinary problems,” Pike wrote in the desperate motion.“In my two years living in this pod…I witnessed multiple assaults by close custody inmates of other inmates and guards, multiple individuals who were undergoing acute psychological breakdowns, and significant danger.“In my current physical condition, I could not defend myself or get away if another inmate attacked me.I am afraid that I will be seriously hurt if I am moved to that pod while I am this weak,” her statement continued. Pike also complained that returning to the unit would put her at “high risk of infection and further injury” because she would be forced to clean an alleged “roach-infested shower” she previously used, according to the court documents obtained by The Post. The convicted killer, who was poised to become the first woman executed in Tennessee in over 200 years, spent days unconscious and in critical condition after surviving two doses of pentobarbital allegedly administered with at least 10 needles during the botched lethal injection.She miraculously woke up and began speaking in full sentences — even after her legal team believed that she was brain dead on Oct.
5, and expected her to be taken off life support the following day. Although Pike is still receiving treatment for her injuries, her lawyers argued that keeping her in the prison’s infirmary – where she a...