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Tennessee seeks to block inspection of execution drug

Summarised by Spiced Kopi · 11 November 2026, 00:51 UTC ·9 sec listen

Tennessee officials are seeking to block Christa Pike’s lawyers from inspecting the pentobarbital used in her botched execution, arguing that access could reveal its supplier. Pike is 50, and the dispute concerns the state’s execution drug.

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