Christa Pike was on a ventilator and unconscious after failed Tennessee execution, attorneys say
NASHVILLE (AP) — Christa Pike remained in a hospital where she was on a ventilator and unconscious after her failed execution in Tennessee, her attorneys said in a court filing Friday.
Christa Pike was in a hospital unconscious and on a ventilator following a failed execution in Tennessee, her attorneys revealed in a court filing on Friday. Hospital personnel were making efforts to revive her and eliminate the pentobarbital, a drug used in executions, from her system as of late Thursday. According to the attorneys, Pike received two doses of the drug during a failed execution attempt on Wednesday.
The court filing stated that the attorneys believed problems with the IV lines were the cause of the pentobarbital entering her body instead of her bloodstream. The attorneys wrote that no one on the execution team noticed that the IV lines were not properly inserted or that the veins had collapsed, leading to the pentobarbital entering Pike’s body.
Despite identifying the issue, the team prepared and administered a backup set of pentobarbital syringes.
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