IV team warned Christa Pike's vein might have 'blown' during failed execution, court filing says
23 Oct 2026, 06:21 AM

IV team warned Christa Pike's vein might have 'blown' during failed execution, court filing says

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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 the lethal drug, her attorney wrote in a court document filed Thursday.
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