Execution staff warned of possibility some of Christa Pike's veins had 'blown': attorney

CBC - Oct 23, 2026

Tennessee execution team members failed multiple times to establish working IV lines in Christa Pike's arms before her attempted execution and warned that some of her veins may have ruptured, or "blown," before she was injected with the lethal drug, her attorney wrote in a court document filed Thursday.

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