‘They just got it all horribly wrong’: Human rights lawyer on botched execution

Human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith discusses the botched execution of Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike, who her lawyers said remained alive after two lethal injections.

He examines failures in the death penalty system, the use of lethal injection, and the wider questions surrounding capital punishment in the US.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/inmate-set-to-be-first-woman-executed-in-tennessee-in-200-years-still-alive-after-two-lethal-injections-13593819

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2 comments

  1. I don’t understand why they don’t put the IV in the hand like hospitals do?
    They do that instead of the arm because it’s much easier and much less chance of mistakes.

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