Christa Pike's attorney said Thursday that she was “up and walking,” just over a week after Pike survived a botched execution in Tennessee on Sept. 30, 2026.

Pike reportedly took a few steps in her hospital room six days after receiving two lethal injections. Her attorneys said her first steps were limited and required assistance.

The Associated Press reported that her arms remained injured and that her memory, concentration and longer-term recovery were uncertain. Tennessee ordered a review of the failed execution and postponed its only other scheduled execution this year.

Officials had not explained what went wrong, the AP reported. Citing the Death Penalty Information Center, the AP also reported that at least eight people in the United States have survived execution attempts, but Pike is the only one known to have survived an attempt after being given lethal drugs.

Following the execution attempt, the BBC spoke with Americans and international tourists in Washington, DC, US, about their views on the death penalty. PBS NewsHour justice correspondent Ali Rogin discussed questions surrounding capital punishment with Austin Sarat, author of “Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane Execution.”

Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 beating and stabbing death of her classmate, Colleen Slemmer.