Christa Pike's attorney describes botched execution, concerns about 'blown' veins

Editor's note: This article contains graphic descriptions of an attempted execution.
New court filings detail how one of Christa Pike's attorneys says Tennessee Department of Correction personnel who carried out the botched execution of Christa Pike appeared to struggle to establish intravenous lines to administer the lethal injection.
Pike survived being administered two doses of pentobarbital during her attempted execution at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville on Sept. 30.
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