ay of the planned execution of Christa Pike, Sept. 30, 2026. AP Photo/George Walker IV

Pike was administered two doses of pentobarbital using at least 7 needles, one of which came out of her arm bent at a 90-degree angle, according to her legal team.

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has halted all remaining executions this year and announced Saturday that the state's prison chief, Frank Strada, would resign.

Gov. Lee also ordered an independent review by former US Attorney Ed Stanton into what caused the fiasco.

6 Death row inmate Christa Pike enters a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Dec. 4, 2007. via REUTERS

A legal expert told The Post that Pike would have to be mentally competent to understand the punishment for the state to try to execute her again.

 She can't be executed if she is brain injured and doesn't understand the proceedings,  Professor Deborah Denno of the Fordham School of Law said.

 The United States Supreme Court recognized in a case involving a dementia patient in 2019 that you can't execute someone who's not aware of the punishment that they're going to receive. 

Pike's attorneys have called for Gov. Lee to commute her sentence, saying she has  endured punishment greater than any other person in the history of the American death penalty. 

They filed a motion in court on Friday for the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) to  protect and preserve any and all evidence  related to Pike's attempted execution.