What is pentobarbital, the drug in Tennessee's failed execution?

By The Washington Times (U.S.) | Created at 2026-10-01 15:35:55 | Updated at 2026-10-01 18:43:32 3 hours ago

Tennessee officials could not carry out the execution of Christa Gail Pike on Wednesday after giving her two doses of pentobarbital, putting a drug long used in medicine, and increasingly in death chambers, at the center of a national debate. But what is pentobarbital?

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