Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike remains restrained to a Nashville hospital bed after state correctional authorities refused repeated requests from treating clinicians to remove her shackles following a catastrophic failed execution.
During a tense court hearing in Nashville on Wednesday, 7 October 2026, defence attorney Luke Ihnen informed Judge I'Ashea Myles that medical personnel attending to the 50-year-old prisoner requested the immediate removal of her physical restraints, only for prison guards to deny the appeal.
