A Tennessee judge on Wednesday ordered state prison officials to preserve all evidence related to the failed lethal-injection attempt on death-row prisoner Christa Pike, including logbooks, medical waste and officials’ messages about the execution. Davidson County Chancery Court Judge I’Ashea Myles issued the order at a hearing in Nashville, a week after the Sept. 30 attempt left Pike hospitalized in critical condition. “Anything in the actual room needs to be preserved and maintained,” Myles said. The judge also ordered prison officials to respond within two hours to defense requests for in-person visits with Pike. Her lawyers said she had regained consciousness, was speaking and continued to receive critical medical care. Pike’s attorneys sought the preservation order to protect evidence as they investigate what happened during the execution. Luke Ihnen, an assistant federal defender, called the ruling “just a first step of many to preserve and enforce Christa’s constitutional rights after this unprecedented botched execution.” During the attempt, Pike was strapped to a gurney and given two doses of pentobarbital, a barbiturate used in executions. Minutes after the first dose, she said her arm was burning and asked officials to try higher on her shoulder. The execution was halted. Randy Spivey, another attorney for Pike who witnessed the attempt, said the state should have anticipated difficulties because Pike has a medical condition that can complicate IV placement. He has described her as “a survivor” and said she deserves answers about what happened. The failed execution has prompted wider scrutiny of Tennessee’s capital punishment system. Gov. Bill Lee halted executions through the end of the year and ordered an independent investigation; the state’s top prison official, Frank Strada, resigned. At Wednesday’s hearing, Assistant Attorney General John Ayers said any decision about whether or when to set another execution date rests with the Tennessee Supreme Court. Ihnen said another attempt would be “unconscionable.” Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, a fellow student at the Knoxville Job Corps. Pike was 18 at the time. Her co-defendant, Tadaryl Shipp, who was a minor, received life in prison without parole. Last month, Pike’s lawyers petitioned for clemency, asking that her sentence be changed to life without parole.