{
  "id": 11186596,
  "title": "What did Christa Pike do to be executed?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/what-did-christa-pike-do-to-be-executed",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T11:37:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times",
    "slug": "the-economic-times",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-what-did-christa-pike-do-to-be-executed-31-years-ago-she-and-boyfriend-attacked-classmate-with-box-cutter-carved-pentagram-heres-why/articleshow/134617565.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Christa Pike, a Tennessee death row inmate, was unable to be executed by Tennessee officials in 2001 after administering two doses of a lethal drug. This unprecedented failure sparked a halt to the remaining execution for the rest of the year, reported by the Associated Press. Pike's execution attempt was the second instance in 2001 where Tennessee was unable to carry out an execution.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}