How did Christa Pike survive 2 lethal injections of pentobarbital?

Experts suggest Christa Pike may have survived two lethal injections because the catheter failed to deliver the drug to her bloodstream. Alternatively, the pentobarbital used may have been degraded.
A catheter carrying the drug may not have delivered the doses to Pike’s bloodstream, experts said. The drug itself may have been degraded.
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