‘Swollen, burned and blistered arms’: 5 chilling details from Christa Pike’s botched execution

Death row inmate Christa Pike, held at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution (RMSI) in Tennessee and convicted of murdering a schoolmate three decades ago. (Reuters)

Christa Pike, a death row inmate in Tennesseesurvived an attempted execution after two doses of the lethal drug pentobarbital failed to kill her. The botched execution has left her with severely ‘swollen, burned and blistered’ arms and questions remain over whether improperly placed IV lines prevented the drug from entering her bloodstream. Death row inmate … Read more