Krista Pike, death row inmate who survived botched execution, returns to prison Tennessee death row inmate Krista Pike, who survived a botched execution attempt last month, was released from the hospital and returned to prison Saturday. His attorneys said Pike is now at the Debra Kay Rehabilitation Center. Johnson" has been preserved; the same facility where he was incarcerated for more than 30 years and his medical treatment is scheduled to continue there. Pike, 50, was sentenced to death for murder in 1995. His attorneys say he was "angry and confused" when he regained consciousness at the hospital and faced a long recovery. After the unsuccessful sentencing on Sept. 30, he was taken to a Nashville hospital unconscious and in critical condition. According to his editors Two shots could not kill him and he was also seriously injured. A Tennessee judge this week ordered the preservation of all evidence related to the botched execution, including the tools and materials used. Tennessee's governor also halted all executions until the end of the year to investigate Pike's botched execution and another similar case in May.