Christa Pike’s attorneys believed she was brain-dead before she woke up ‘to the shock of everyone’ – CNN

Christa Pike’s attorneys believed she was brain-dead before she woke up ‘to the shock of everyone’  CNNChrista Pike Live Updates: Her Lawyers Say She Is Angry and Confused After Failed Execution  The New York TimesChrista Pike ‘angry and confused’ after botched execution  DW.com’Accidents happen’: What the Supreme Court has said about survivors of botched executions  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and VideosAfter botched execution, US woman was nearly taken off life support before revival  NZ Herald

Our live coverage has ended. Scroll down for updates on today’s court hearing and the latest from Christa Pike’s attorneys following her botched execution. A judge ruled today the state of Tennessee must preserve all evidence related to Christa Pike’s failed execution. This includes 911 calls and communications between any state officials as well as physical evidence, Judge I’Ashea Myles said, after hearing arguments. Pike is conscious and speaking, her attorneys said, despite it appearing the night before that she was brain-dead and would be taken off life support.

She was hospitalized after surviving two ostensibly lethal doses of pentobarbital last week. Here’s what else happened in court: New details about Pike’s condition: Lauren del Valle, Maureen Chowdhury, August Phillips and Rebekah Riess contributed reporting. Lawyers for a Texas man are asking a judge to pause his execution, citing the failed execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee last week. Jamaal Howard is set to be executed by lethal injection later today, the first since Pike. Howard, 46, was found guilty