India, Oct. 3 -- Christa Pike is unconscious, intubated and on a ventilator after Tennessee's failed attempt to execute her on Wednesday, her attorneys said Friday. Pike remains critically ill in a hospital and is being treated for the effects of the pentobarbital given during the execution attempt, including significant injuries to both arms.

Her attorneys have now filed an emergency motion in Davidson County Chancery Court asking the Tennessee Department of Correction to preserve evidence from what happened inside the execution chamber. They said the evidence is needed to understand the failed execution and protect Pike's legal rights.

According to a statement from Pike's attorneys, hospital staff are treating her for the effects of t...