this is the only medical procedure where finding a vein is the entire legal strategy

Christa Pike's veins, blood disorder were the focus of a three-day hearing

A three-day hearing in Tennessee centered on the veins and blood disorder of death row inmate Christa Pike, whose attorneys argue the condition could make lethal injection botched and painful. The proceeding examined medical evidence about whether executioners could reliably find a usable vein. Pike was convicted in 1996 of murdering a fellow Job Corps student. No execution date has been set.

Source: Christa Pike's veins, blood disorder were the focus of a three-day hearing — The Tennessean

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