Death-row inmate Christa Pike walks after surviving failed Tennessee execution

Death-row inmate Christa Pike, 50, has recovered enough to walk in hospital after surviving a lethal injection attempt on 30 September.

• Lawyer Stephen Ferrell said Pike is "up and walking" around her hospital room but remains mentally "foggy" and cannot use her arms.
• A Tennessee judge ordered the state to preserve all evidence from the failed execution, including IV lines, syringes, and packaging.
• Governor Bill Lee ordered a pause on all executions in the state for the rest of the year, and the state's prisons chief is resigning.
• Pike's legal team urged Lee to commute her sentence to life in prison without parole.
• Pike had been declared brain dead before regaining consciousness in hospital, her legal team said.
• Governor Bill Lee ordered a review of execution procedures in addition to his year-long halt.
• Pike's legal team said her medical and psychological state, including potential brain injury, raises questions about her mental competence for a future execution attempt.
• Legal experts predicted lengthy litigation over whether Tennessee may attempt a second execution, a process that could last years.
• Pike's execution warrant has expired, requiring Tennessee authorities to seek a new court date before any second attempt.
• Pike can now speak and walk short distances, though she still has pneumonia, a blood clot, and severe arm swelling.
• The failed execution delivered two lethal injection doses and used at least seven needles as staff spent an hour finding a vein.