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  "id": 11095723,
  "title": "Christa Pike: What is agonal breathing, and pentobarbital drug as Tennessee death row inmate survives execution",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/christa-pike-what-is-agonal-breathing-and-pentobarbital-drug-as",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T03:20:01.000Z",
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  "summary": "Christa Pike, Tennessee's only female death row inmate, survived an execution attempt. Her lawyers reported that she underwent two lethal injections. Pike was convicted and sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of Colleen Slemmer.\n\nThe US Supreme Court cleared the way for her execution, overturning a last-minute reprieve. According to the BBC World, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh granted the application to vacate the stay of the execution, with three liberal justices dissenting.\n\nPike would be the first woman executed in Tennessee in over 200 years if the execution proceeds.",
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        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Execution of US murderer Christa Pike halted an hour before it was due to happen",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/execution-of-us-murderer-christa-pike-halted-an-hour-before-it-was",
        "published": "2026-09-30T15:06:32.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Execution of US murderer Christa Pike halted an hour before it was due to happen",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/execution-of-us-murderer-christa-pike-halted-an-hour-before-it-was-10976521",
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        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "US appeals court halts Tennessee execution of Christa Pike",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/us-appeals-court-halts-tennessee-execution-of-christa-pike",
        "published": "2026-09-30T16:44:16.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Will Christa Pike be executed? What to know amid Tennessee court's last-moment stay order",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/will-christa-pike-be-executed-what-to-know-amid-tennessee-courts-last",
        "published": "2026-09-30T16:48:26.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Execution of US murderer Christa Pike halted an hour before it was due to happen",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/execution-of-us-murderer-christa-pike-halted-an-hour-before-it-was-10994369",
        "published": "2026-09-30T16:52:39.000Z"
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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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