Christa Pike wakes up ‘angry and confused’ after failed execution as judge orders evidence preserved

A Tennessee judge is ordering the state to preserve evidence from Krista Pike's failed

execution as new details emerge about her condition. Pike is now awake and talking nearly

a week after receiving two doses of a drug meant to kill her. Her attorneys say she's confused

can't move her arms or swallow, and is dealing with pneumonia and a blood clot

Just days ago, they were preparing for the possibility she'd be taken off life support

Now, they want to know exactly what happened inside the execution chamber last week

The state still hasn't explained what went wrong during last week's botched execution

And that brought Pike's attorneys to court Wednesday, asking a judge to order Tennessee to preserve evidence from the execution chamber

We don't know what they have because they won't tell us. And so the preservation order seeks the broadest possible preservation of evidence

The judge sided with Pike's attorneys, ordering the state to save evidence from the execution

In light of the evolving situation, the court will pin and grant its own order

granting the motion to preserve relevant evidence As a primary matter we want all drugs syringes IV lines tubing that are within the state possession needles catheters medical supplies

restraints, gurneys, anything that was in the actual room needs to be preserved and maintained

After the hearing, attorney Randy Spivey described what Pike said when she regained

consciousness. Our understanding was the first thing she said was, where am I and who are you

There's still a lot of cognitive confusion, and so I will say that. She has wanted to know what's

happened. I think she is angry and confused about everything right now. Pike was sentenced to death

for the 1995 torture and murder of her 19-year-old classmate Colleen Slimmer

Slimmer's mother says her family has been denied justice and still wants Pike's death

sentence carried out. Pike's lawyers are asking the governor to commute her sentence to life in prison

The governor has ordered a review of the failed execution, and Tennessee's prison chief

has resigned. Prosecutors say they don't know whether Tennessee will try to execute Pike again