Tennessee's execution team struggled to place IV lines in Christa Pike and warned a vein might have ruptured. Her attorney made the claims in a court filing Thursday.
Why it matters: Pike, 50, is the only prisoner in modern times to survive a full lethal injection dose. Gov. Bill Lee has paused all Tennessee executions pending a review.
Center coverage, 7 sources: The center presents the attorney's court filing as a detailed, attributed timeline of what went wrong.
Left coverage, 6 sources: The left frames the account as evidence that Tennessee's execution process failed in ways death row lawyers predicted.
What’s next: Carruthers' lawyers want to file a supplemental complaint challenging the protocol in Davidson County Chancery Court.
