Judge orders officials to preserve all evidence tied to Christa Pike’s botched execution
Judge tells Tennessee officials all items in execution room must be saved as Pike remains restrained in hospital bed
TL;DR
- A judge ordered Tennessee officials to preserve all evidence related to the botched execution attempt of Christa Pike.
- Pike is hospitalized with pneumonia, a blood clot, and injured arms, and remains restrained in her hospital bed.
- Medical staff have requested Pike be unshackled, but the Tennessee Department of Correction has denied this request.
- Pike's lawyers are seeking to preserve evidence for future legal challenges, as the state has not promised she will not be executed again.
- Pike was convicted of murder in 1995, and despite being diagnosed with mental health conditions, she was sentenced to death because she was 18 at the time of the crime.