{
  "id": 11096711,
  "title": "Tennessee inmate Christa Pike still alive after lethal injection dose, lawyers say",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/tennessee-inmate-christa-pike-still-alive-after-lethal-injection-dose",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T03:09:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6122135-tennessee-christa-pike-execution-botched/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Christa Pike, Tennessee's only female death row inmate, was administered a lethal injection but survived, according to her lawyers. They claim that despite being given two doses of pentobarbital at 8:26 p.m. local time, Pike remained alive. Her federal public defenders have filed a motion with the Tennessee Supreme Court citing witness accounts.\n\nPike has been on death row since her conviction and sentencing in 1996 for the murder of Colleen Slemmer. If executed, she would be the first woman to be executed in Tennessee in over 200 years. The US Supreme Court had previously cleared the way for her execution, overturning a last-minute reprieve granted by a lower court.\n\nThe execution attempt was halted temporarily by a federal appeals court, but the Supreme Court vacated that order, allowing the execution to proceed. However, following the failed lethal injection, Pike's lawyers are now seeking further action.",
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      {
        "outlet": "El Pais",
        "title": "The Supreme Court allows Christa Pike's execution in Tennessee",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/el-tribunal-supremo-permite-la-ejecucion-de-christa-pike-en-tennessee",
        "published": "2026-09-30T23:33:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "US Supreme Court clears way for Christa Pike’s execution in Tennessee",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/us-supreme-court-clears-way-for-christa-pikes-execution-in-tennessee",
        "published": "2026-10-01T02:35:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "US death row inmate Christa Pike taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injections, says lawyer",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/us-death-row-inmate-christa-pike-taken-to-hospital-after-surviving",
        "published": "2026-10-01T02:38:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Christa Pike: What happens if you survive death penalty, lethal injection doesn't work? Details as Colleen Slemmer accused killer taken to hospital",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/christa-pike-what-happens-if-you-survive-death-penalty-lethal",
        "published": "2026-10-01T03:18:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}