NewzThe Tennessee woman's legal team says doctors are working to clear doses of the drug pentobarbital from her system. Christa Pike was placed on a ventilator and remained unconscious in a hospital in the hours after her failed execution in Tennessee, her attorneys said in a court filing Friday.Hospital staff, her lawyers said, were working to save Pike’s life and as of late Thursday were trying to clear the two doses of the drug that the state uses to execute prisoners.The stunning failure in Tennessee’s execution chamber on Wednesday has left both sides of the death penalty debate demanding answers. Bill Lee has ordered an independent review.The court filing offered the first detailed account of Pike’s condition after an ambulance carried her away from Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville on Wednesday night.
Her attorneys said a day earlier that she was in critical condition.Christa Pike's attorneys point to problems with the IVPike’s attorneys said they believed problems with the IV lines caused the pentobarbital to flow into her body instead of her bloodstream.“Apparently at no point did any member of the execution team realize that the IV lines were not correctly placed or that the veins had blown and that the pentobarbital was, in whole or in part, entering Ms. Pike’s body,” they wrote in the court filing.Instead of “remedying this failure,” they prepared and administered a second dose of pentobarbital, her lawyers said.State officials have not offered any explanations about what went wrong.Tennessee leaders want a review of execution methodsLee demanded a review of the execution procedures and indefinitely postponed Pike’s execution and another that had been scheduled for this year. Republican Tennessee lawmakers said the state should review whether to stop single-drug lethal injections and consider other options to carry out death sentences.The execution team worked for an hour to administer the lethal drugs, said Pike's defense lawyer Randy Spivey, who counted at least seven needles in her left arm.Neither the initial nor the backup dose of pentobarbital worked.
Pike was still snoring when the execution chamber’s microphone was cut off more than an hour into the attempt.Pike’s attorneys asked a state court to order the Tennessee Department of Correction to preserve all evidence from the failed execution.“Preserving this evidence is essential to understanding what happened, ensuring accountability and protecting Christa’s legal rights,”… The stunning failure in Tennessee's execution chamber on Wednesday has left both sides of the death penalty debate demanding answers. Bill Lee has ordered an independent review.
Christa Pike, who was subjected to a failed execution, is on a ventilator and unconscious in a Tennessee hospital. An independent review has been ordered following issues with the execution procedure. Hospital staff, were working to save Pike's life and clear the two doses of pentobarbital, which Tennessee uses in its executions, from her system.
Pike remains in critical condition, her lawyers said, two days after the state administered two doses of pentobarbital but failed to kill her. Christa Pike was placed on a ventilator and unconscious in a hospital in the hours after her failed execution in Tennessee, her attorneys said in a court filing Friday. The convicted killer’s lawyers said they believed problems with the IV lines caused the pentobarbital to flow into Pike’s body instead of her bloodstream.
Christa Pike "remains critically ill" and is receiving medical care after a botched execution attempt in Tennessee, her attorneys said. Attorneys say hospital staff are working to clear pentobarbital she was administered from her systemChrista Pike remained hospitalized, unconscious and on a machine helping her breathe after her failed execution in Tennessee, her attorneys said in a court filing Friday.The attorneys said hospital staff were working to save Pike’s life and clear the pentobarbital she was administered from her system as of late Thursday.The Associated Press contributed reporting Continue reading... Christa Pike's attorneys say she remained in a hospital where she was on a ventilator and unconscious after her failed execution in Tennessee.
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