Tennessee seeks to block Christa Pike’s attorneys from inspecting drug used in failed execution

Tennessee is asking a judge to prevent Christa Pike’s attorneys from inspecting leftover pentobarbital used in her failed execution, arguing that access could reveal the state’s supplier and violate state law. The request seeks to reverse part of an evidence-preservation order in Pike’s lawsuit. Pike survived two doses in September; her attorneys say the drug may have pooled in her arms, leaving them burned and blistered.