Christa Pike's lawyer speaks to the BBC

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BBC Today programme's Emma Barnett speaks to Stephen Ferrell, one of US death row inmate Christa Pike’s lawyers, about her condition and judge orders to preserve evidence from her failed execution. In an unprecedented situation, both legally and morally, what should or could happen to Pike, who was sentenced to death for the torture and murder of her classmate Colleen Slemmer. Stephen Ferrell has not seen or spoken directly to Pike, but colleagues from her legal team have.