Christa Pike now walking after US execution went wrong, lawyer says
Christa Pike, a death row inmate in Tennessee, is recovering in a hospital after a botched lethal injection attempt. Her legal team reports that she is walking but suffering from physical complications, as the state faces scrutiny over the unprecedented failure of the execution.
Why it matters
The case raises significant legal and ethical questions regarding the death penalty and the reliability of lethal injection protocols in the United States.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google James FitzGerald Watch: What we know about Christa Pike's "shock" recovery in hospital Christa Pike is "up and walking" though mentally "foggy" while in hospital after last week's botched attempt to execute her in the US state of Tennessee, her legal team says.
Pike, 50, who was sentenced to death after murdering Colleen Slemmer with her then-boyfriend in 1995, survived two lethal injections on 30 September. Experts described it as unprecedented.
Speaking late on Wednesday to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, lawyer Stephen Ferrell said he had not spoken to Pike directly but had learned her arms were swollen and barely functioning as she took her first steps around her hospital room.
A court has ordered state officials to preserve all evidence related to the failed execution.
That evidence could lay the groundwork for a future lawsuit against the state.
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