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Judge orders Tennessee to preserve evidence in failed execution

WPLN | By Catherine Sweeney

Published October 7, 2026 at 4:37 PM EDT

Lawyers for Christa Pike, the woman who survived an execution in Tennessee, were in court Wednesday as she regained consciousness.