Christa Pike “angry and confused” after failed execution

Christa Pike, who regained consciousness almost six days after Tennessee's failed attempt to execute her, is aware of what happened and "angry and confused," one of her attorneys said Wednesday during a hearing held in Nashville court probing the incident

Pike, 50, survived despite receiving two lethal doses of pentobarbital on September 30.

She was sentenced to death for the 1995 beating and stabbing death of classmate Colleen Slemmer.

Her lawyers say Pike’s first words after regaining consciousness words were, "Where am I?" and "Who are you?"

The Death Penalty Information Center says Pike is the only person to survive after receiving lethal injection drugs during an execution.

Her lawyers said she still can't move her arms or swallow, her prognosis remains unclear and that she has a long road to recovery.

Her arms were burned and blistered by the attempted execution and she is handcuffed to the hospital bed, they said.

The failed execution has renewed scrutiny of how states carry out the death penalty, in particular the use of lethal injection.

Texas was set to carry out Wednesday the first execution in the US since Tennessee attempted to put Pike to death.