Atlanta professor retained by Christa Pike’s attorneys warned Tennessee about lethal injection risk

A failed execution in Tennessee is raising new questions about lethal injection protocols — including in Georgia, where lethal injection remains the state’s only currently used method of execution.

Christa Pike remains in critical condition after Tennessee officials administered two doses of pentobarbital during an attempted execution that did not result in her death.

An Atlanta anesthesiology professor says he warned Tennessee officials before the execution that Pike’s medical history could create complications with the lethal injection process…

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