SocietyChrista Pike feared botched execution, calling it her ‘worst nightmare’
Tennessee death-row inmate Christa Pike said weeks before a failed execution attempt that she feared complications from lethal-injection drugs because of her poor veins and worried the doctor might not be qualified to place a central line. After two failed attempts, she was hospitalized; her lawyers said she was critical and receiving life-sustaining care.
Christa Pike feared botched execution, calling it her ‘worst nightmare’