From Nashville, Tenn.: Christa Pike is alive and talking after a botched execution, her legal team reports. A former doctor, Paul Allen, was not surprised by this news. Pike's defense team questions the delivery of the drug pentobarbital, suggesting it may not have been administered directly into her vein.

The Tennessee Department of Correction claims to have followed all protocol during the attempted execution. According to Allen, medical care given to Pike after the execution attempt likely prevented her death.

Further details about the incident are available, including statements from the former doctor and the defense team's concerns about the execution procedure.