Christa Pike now walking after failed US execution, lawyer tells BBC

Ferrell and his colleagues - who highlighted ahead of the attempted execution that Pike had a condition that would make the injection method difficult - oppose any new attempt by state prison authorities to follow the same approach.

Christa Pike is "up and walking" while in hospital after last week's botched attempt to execute her in the US state of Tennessee, a member of her legal team says.

In the latest updates, given to the BBC, Ferrell said Pike was continuing to experience the after-effects of the drug pentobarbital, which was injected into her body in two doses by prison staff during the scheduled execution on 30 September.