World1NewsChrista Pike on a ventilator, unconscious after failed execution - lawyers
Tennessee's execution of Christa Pike went badly wrong after lethal drugs reportedly entered her body tissue rather than her bloodstream, leaving her on a ventilator in hospital.
Tennessee's failed attempt to execute Christa Pike despite administering two doses of a lethal drug in the state's death chamber has left her in critical condition.
Tennessee's attempt to execute Christa Pike failed after two doses of the lethal drug pentobarbital were administered but she remained alive and was hospitalised.
Her lawyers allege the IV lines were incorrectly placed, causing the drug to flow into her body tissue rather than her bloodstream, and a second dose was given without fixing the problem.
The Death Penalty Information Center said Pike is the only person known to have survived after lethal injection drugs were administered in an execution.
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Christa Pike remains on ventilator after failed execution in TennesseeA Tennessee woman's execution failed after IV lines were misplaced, leaving her unconscious on a ventilator in hospital fighting for her life.