Christa Pike Case Bombshell: Judge Orders Botched Execution Evidence Locked Down

Christa Pike has scored a fresh legal breakthrough after surviving a botched execution, with a Tennessee judge ordering officials to preserve evidence from the failed attempt. On October 7, Judge I’Ashea Myles stressed that records of protocol deviations, complications, delays, equipment problems and difficulties accessing veins must be retained. Pike, 50, was set to become the first woman execute