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Judge orders state to preserve all materials related to botched execution

A judge granted an emergency motion to preserve all evidence connected to the botched execution of death row inmate Christa Pike after she survived two lethal doses of pentobarbital.

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Both ABC News and BBC News focus on the judge’s preservation order after the botched execution, and both name Christa Pike in their extracts. BBC News gives the more detailed framing, saying officials must preserve “anything that was in the actual room,” including IV lines, syringes and waste packaging, while ABC News alone mentions that the motion was granted after Pike survived two lethal doses of pentobarbital.

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