Christa Pike is walking with help and eating after failed execution attempt, her attorneys say

Christa Pike, a death row inmate in Tennessee, is showing signs of physical and cognitive recovery following a failed execution attempt involving two doses of pentobarbital. According to her legal team, she has progressed from being reportedly brain-dead to walking limited distances with assistance and speaking, although she remains cognitively impaired and has severe physical swelling in her extremities. A Tennessee court has ordered the preservation of all evidence from the execution chamber, and Governor Bill Lee has paused all state executions pending a third-party review. Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer.

Christa Pike, a death row inmate in Tennessee, is showing signs of physical and cognitive recovery following a failed execution attempt involving two doses of pentobarbital. According to her legal team, she has progressed from being reportedly brain-dead to walking limited distances with assistance and speaking, although she remains cognitively impaired and has severe physical swelling in her extremities. A Tennessee court has ordered the preservation of all evidence from the execution chamber, and Governor Bill Lee has paused all state executions pending a third-party review. Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer.