‘What was in the syringes?’: Expert raises alarm over drug integrity after failed Christa Pike execution

An execution attempt using pentobarbital did not result in the expected outcome. Christa Pike remains alive, though unconscious and on a ventilator, five days after the procedure.

The state has not disclosed the amount of the drug that reached her bloodstream. Records confirming the drug's potency have also not been provided.

Further information on this incident is available from the source, including an expert's concerns about the integrity of the drug used.