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Christa Pike's lawyers detail botched IV attempts in new court filing

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Christa Pike, 50, remains unconscious, intubated and on a ventilator at a Nashville hospital, two days after Tennessee's attempt to execute her by lethal injection failed. Her attorneys' court filing said Tennessee's IV team tried at least seven needles to gain access and that Pike herself offered assistance during the attempt. Both arms were swollen and blistered on arrival at the hospital. Lawyers asked the court to preserve evidence of what they called a "botched" execution.

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