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Pike's lawyer claims the IV team warned her vein was failing before proceeding, raising serious doubts about the safety and legality of her execution.
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Christa Pike’s IV team warned vein might be ‘blowing’ before failed execution
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New account from Pike’s lawyer suggests team was racked by doubts even before pentobarbital began to flowThe Tennessee execution team tasked with setting an intravenous line in the arms of the death row prisoner Christa Pike through which she could be injected with a lethal dose of pentobarbital repeatedly warned that her vein might be “blowing”, before they went ahead with the procedure, her lawyer has revealed.Members of the intravenous (IV) team used up to 10 needles as they sought to establish a line through which Pike could be killed with a massive dose of the sedative. About 20 minutes into the attempt, they began discussing among themselves whether the prisoner’s vein “might be blowing”. Continue reading...
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