Christa Pike walks and eats a week after surviving execution
What's next: Tennessee still has not explained why two pentobarbital doses failed, and it is unclear whether the state will try again.
Christa Pike has begun walking with help and eating again at a hospital, a week after Tennessee failed to execute her with lethal injection, her attorneys said Thursday. Pike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbital on Sept. 30 and regained consciousness Tuesday after several days on a ventilator. Her lawyers said she still struggles with concentration and memory, and doctors have not determined whether the effects will be permanent. Gov. Bill Lee has suspended another scheduled execution and ordered a review, while a court has told corrections officials to preserve evidence tied to the failed procedure. The case has intensified scrutiny of lethal injection after Texas carried out an execution Wednesday using the same drug.