BREAKING: The Tennessean is reporting attorneys for Christa Pike say she's still alive an hour after she was administered lethal injection drugs.

In the Tennessee Department of Correction’s lethal injection protocol, prison officials prepare one set of syringes for the lethal dose but have enough of the deadly drug on standby to build a second set of syringes if needed.

Each set is made up of four syringes, one sterile saline solution, two 50 ml of pentobarbital, and another of saline, according to the protocol.

“Set B is only prepared if the inmate is not deceased after administration of Set A, applicable waiting period, and examination by the Physician,” the protocol said.

Once the first set if given, there is a five-minute waiting period. Then the witness blinds are closed, the camera is disengaged and the doctor enters the death chamber to assess the inmate’s pulse.

“If the inmate is not deceased, a Backup Set B of syringes is prepared, the blinds are reopened,” the protocol said.

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