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  "id": 10961961,
  "title": "Tennessee’s first execution of a woman in 200 years halted",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/tennessees-first-execution-of-a-woman-in-200-years-halted",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T14:25:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
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    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/30/tennessee-execution-halted-christa-pike"
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  "summary": "The state governor and supreme court earlier refused calls for clemency for Christa Pike, who was convicted of murder Tennessee ’s first execution of a woman in 200 years was halted by a court on Wednesday morning an hour before it was set to take place. The state governor and the supreme court had earlier refused calls for clemency in the case of Christa Pike , who was convicted of murder 30…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Court halts Tennessee’s first execution of a woman in 200 years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/court-halts-tennessees-first-execution-of-a-woman-in-200-years",
        "published": "2026-09-30T15:00:45.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Court stays execution of Tennessee woman shortly before lethal injection",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/court-stays-execution-of-tennessee-woman-shortly-before-lethal",
        "published": "2026-09-30T15:02:52.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "US Tennessee’s first execution of a woman in 200 years halted",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/us-tennessees-first-execution-of-a-woman-in-200-years-halted",
        "published": "2026-09-30T16:00:16.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Appeals court halts execution of Tennessee woman less than two hours before lethal injection",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/appeals-court-halts-execution-of-tennessee-woman-less-than-two-hours",
        "published": "2026-09-30T16:03:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "US appeals court pauses execution of Tennessee killer Christa Pike",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/us-appeals-court-pauses-execution-of-tennessee-killer-christa-pike",
        "published": "2026-09-30T16:28:29.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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