Christa Pike walks and eats after surviving Tennessee execution attempt

Christa Pike, 50, is recovering in a hospital after surviving Tennessee’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection on Sept.

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She was given two doses of pentobarbital, but the drug did not kill her, and her arms were badly injured.

Her lawyers say she can now walk with help, eat and move her arms more than before.

She was unconscious and on a ventilator for the first days after the attempt, and still has difficulty concentrating and remembering.

Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 killing of her classmate Colleen Slemmer, who was 19.

A judge has ordered Tennessee officials to preserve evidence from the execution attempt, while Governor Bill Lee has paused executions for the rest of the year and ordered a review.

Pike’s lawyers want Lee to change her sentence to life in prison without parole; it is not clear whether Tennessee will try to execute her again.