Doctor: Misplaced IV Sent Drugs Into Arms

Dr. Mark Fowler, the physician at Christa Pike's Sept. 30 execution in Tennessee, told New York Magazine that a misplaced IV pushed pentobarbital into her arm tissue instead of her veins. He acknowledged the team should have stopped when Pike complained of pain. Fox News reports she received two doses and was hospitalized before regaining consciousness. Pike survived and says she remains in constant pain. Gov. Bill Lee has paused the rest of the state's executions for this year and ordered an independent review. Reports differ on whether she faces another attempt. Pike deserves a straight answer about her pain, and Tennessee owes its citizens a process that is careful and accountable. The review has to deliver both.