Medical conditions are being cited as a factor in a death row inmate's botched execution. 

Christa Pike was sentenced to death for murder in 1996.

Two lethal doses failed - and the 50-year-old's now in hospital, being given 'life-saving measures'.
 
Anaesthesiology Professor and legal consultant, Joel Zivot, told Heather du Plessis-Allan it was known Pike had small veins. 
 
He says she also has a medical condition making blood clots more likely.

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Medical conditions are being cited as a factor in a death row inmate's botched execution.&nbsp;
Christa Pike was sentenced to death for murder in 1996.
Two lethal doses failed - and the 50-year-old's now in hospital, being given 'life-saving measures'. &nbsp; Anaesthesiology Professor and legal consultant, Joel Zivot, told Heather du Plessis-Allan it was known Pike had small veins.&nbsp; &nbsp; He says she also has a medical condition making blood clots more likely.
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Joel Zivot: Anaesthesiology Professor and legal consultant on Christa Pike's botched execution

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