A hidden crisis in lethal injection drugs
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Tennessee’s current lethal-injection protocol says no IV is inserted during execution rehearsals — a change from an older state protocol that called for IV practice. That difference is drawing new scrutiny after death row inmate Christa Pike survived Tennessee’s Sept. 30 attempt to execute her by lethal injection.
Death by drugs is brutal—and designed for political optics. Christa Pike's failed execution pulled back the curtain.
Tennessee has twice failed to carry out lethal injections this year, raising new questions about the reliability of the execution method.
The failed execution of Christa Pike Wednesday night in Tennessee wasn’t the first time a lethal injection didn’t go as planned. It wasn’t even the first time this year in the state of Tennessee.