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Filing: Pike’s veins may have ‘blown’ before execution
A court filing says Tennessee execution staff struggled to place intravenous lines in Christa Pike’s arms during her attempted execution. Team members reportedly warned that some veins may have ruptured before she received the lethal drug.
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