Judge orders evidence from Christa Pike’s botched execution to be preserved as attorneys seek answers

Published October 7, 2026 2:47pm ET | Updated October 7, 2026 3:11pm ET



A Nashville judge on Wednesday ordered the Tennessee Department of Corrections to preserve all evidence related to the failed execution of Christa Pike.

It comes after lawyers for Pike, who survived two doses of lethal injection, requested that all materials showing the “incompetent and reckless actions” be collected.

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