What is pentobarbital death drug used in Christa Pike’s botched lethal injection?

DEATH row inmate Christa Pike was strapped to an execution gurney in Tennessee as prison officials administered two full doses of pentobarbital. The powerful chemical is designed to cause quick, painless unconsciousness followed by cardiac arrest. Instead, the 50-year-old remained conscious, kicked her feet in agony, cried out that her arm felt like it was...

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