# Attorneys for Christa Pike are asking a Tennessee court to preserve evidence from last week’s failed execution. Pike survived after receiving two doses of the lethal-injection drug pentobarbital and is now conscious and receiving medical care in hospital. Her lawyers want all evidence preserved, including needles, drug information and execution records. They say the execution team struggled to establish intravenous access, leaving Pike with serious injuries to her arms. Tennessee officials say the evidence is already being preserved. A court hearing on the request is scheduled for today.
Attorneys seek evidence after Christa Pike’s failed execution