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Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survived two doses of lethal injection during a botched execution attempt on September 30, suffering severe arm injuries from the failed procedure; she woke up days later 'angry and confused,' according to her attorney. A judge has since ordered preservation of all evidence from the execution room. Days after her survival, Texas carried out the execution of inmate Jamaal Howard, who directed final words at his victim's family. The Pike case has drawn national attention to lethal injection protocols and sparked legal battles over evidence preservation and the ethics of repeated execution attempts.