‘Either blood or blown’: graphic details of botched US execution revealed — how each outlet reported it
Tema: ‘Either blood or blown’: graphic details of botched US execution revealed
The Guardian: Christa Pike’s IV team warned vein might be ‘blowing’ before failed execution — New account from Pike’s lawyer suggests team was racked by doubts even before pentobarbital began to flow The Tennessee execution team tasked with setting an intravenous line in the arms of the death row prisoner Christa Pike through which she could be injected with a lethal dose of pentobarbital… (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/22/christa-pike-failed-execution-lawyer-witness)
South China Morning Post: ‘Either blood or blown’: graphic details of botched US execution revealed — Tennessee execution team members failed multiple times to establish working IV lines in Christa Pike’s arms before her attempted execution and warned that some of her veins may have ruptured, or “blown”, before she was injected with the lethal drug, her lawyer wrote in a court document filed… (https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3371858/either-blood-or-blown-graphic-account-botched-us-execution)
Infobae: “Creo que la vena está reventada”: revelan que Tennessee inyectó a Christa Pike pese a las advertencias del equipo de ejecución sobre la vía intravenosa — Un documento judicial presentado por el abogado de la condenada a muerte detalla que los técnicos usaron cerca de 10 agujas, detectaron venas colapsadas y no lograron un acceso venoso estable antes de administrar dos dosis de pentobarbital (https://www.infobae.com/estados-unidos/2026/10/23/creo-que-esta-reventada-revelan-que-tennessee-inyecto-a-christa-pike-pese-a-las-advertencias-del-equipo-sobre-la-via-intravenosa/)