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  "id": 11121001,
  "title": "Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike taken to hospital after failed execution",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/tennessee-death-row-inmate-christa-pike-taken-to-hospital-after",
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  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T05:34:41.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/americas/tennessee-death-row-inmate-christa-pike-taken-to-hospital-after-failed-execution-1.500694343"
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  "summary": "Christa Pike, a 50-year-old woman on death row in Tennessee, was taken to hospital after an attempted execution by lethal injection on Wednesday. According to witnesses, Pike was still breathing and snoring loudly more than 40 minutes after being administered two doses of pentobarbital at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville.\n\nPike was scheduled to be executed for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, a crime she committed at the age of 18. Her lawyers had raised concerns about the execution protocol, citing issues such as difficult vein access, blown veins, and degraded pentobarbital.\n\nThe US Supreme Court had cleared the way for the execution to proceed, overturning a temporary stay granted by the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Pike's lawyers have stated that she is being treated at a nearby hospital, but her condition is unknown, according to Gulf News.",
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        "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",
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        "title": "US Supreme Court clears way for Christa Pike’s execution in Tennessee",
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        "title": "US death row inmate Christa Pike taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injections, says lawyer",
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        "published": "2026-10-01T02:38:00.000Z"
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        "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",
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        "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",
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        "title": "US death row inmate Christa Pike in hospital after surviving two lethal injections, lawyers say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/us-death-row-inmate-christa-pike-in-hospital-after-surviving-two",
        "published": "2026-10-01T05:31:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Execution of convicted US killer Christa Pike fails despite two lethal injections",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/execution-of-convicted-us-killer-christa-pike-fails-despite-two",
        "published": "2026-10-01T05:32:16.000Z"
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        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "Tennessee governor halts executions after Christa Gail Pike survives lethal injection",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/tennessee-governor-halts-executions-after-christa-gail-pike-survives",
        "published": "2026-10-01T05:43:24.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "US death row inmate survives failed execution after two lethal injections",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/us-death-row-inmate-survives-failed-execution-after-two-lethal",
        "published": "2026-10-01T06:08:53.000Z"
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