Christa Pike’s lawyers in court after she regains consciousness in hospital – latest updates

Tennessee prisoner awake and speaking after surviving state’s attempt to execute her last Wednesday Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say One of Christa Pike’s lawyers, Luke Ihnen, said Pike was “speaking, limitedly” as he addressed Judge I’Ashea Myles about procedural issues in the case, including whether the Davidson county court has jurisdiction. Meanwhile, John W. Ayers, an assistant attorney general, called Pike’s survival from two lethal injections an “unusual, procedural position.” Continue reading...

Originally reported by The Guardian US by Maya Yang. Read the full story at the source.