Judge Allows Christa Pike to Revive Lethal Injection Challenge After Botched Execution

Christa Pike’s death sentence remains intact, but the way Tennessee carries out lethal injection is now back under legal scrutiny after her attorneys say she survived an execution attempt on September 30. That claim, tied to the drug pentobarbital and reported difficulties accessing her veins, has raised urgent questions about her medical treatment afterward and about what the state might attempt next, prompting a judge to reopen her challenge to the state’s execution procedure… Continue Reading ⬇️

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