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Execution staff warned IV site might have ‘blown’ during Christa Pike’s execution attempt

Execution staff warned IV site might have ‘blown’ during Christa Pike’s execution attempt
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee execution team members failed multiple times to establish working IV lines in Christa Pike’s arms before her attempted execution and warned that some of her veins may have ruptured, or “blown,” before she was injected with pentobarbital, her attorney wrote in a c...

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