WorldThe GuardianChrista Pike remains on ventilator after failed execution in Tennessee
A Tennessee woman's execution failed after IV lines were misplaced, leaving her unconscious on a ventilator in hospital fighting for her life.
Attorneys say hospital staff are working to clear pentobarbital she was administered from her system
Christa Pike's execution in Tennessee failed on Wednesday after pentobarbital entered her body tissue rather than her bloodstream due to misplaced IV lines.
Pike's attorneys say the execution team gave her two doses of the drug without realising the IV lines had blown, then prepared a second set of syringes anyway.
Pike remains critically ill on a ventilator, and the botched attempt has prompted lawyers, doctors and faith leaders to call for a US death penalty moratorium.
Doctors and lawyers are calling for a US death penalty moratorium after this botched execution, so the debate around lethal injection procedures is likely to intensify.
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