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Judge orders botched execution evidence to be preserved | BBC News

A judge in the US state of Tennessee has ruled officials must preserve all evidence related to the failed execution of Christa Pike. Judge Myles ordered that "anything that was in the actual room needs to be preserved and maintained," including IV lines and syringes, as well as waste, like packaging, inserts, and labels. She also advised the state to take "special care" not to misplace or accidentally delete any information that may be pertinent to the case. Pike, who was sentenced to death after murdering Colleen Slemmer with her then-boyfriend in 1995, survived two lethal injections on 30 S…