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  "id": 11286179,
  "title": "The Memo: Tennessee debacle revives bitter debate over death penalty",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/the-memo-tennessee-debacle-revives-bitter-debate-over-death-penalty",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T21:24:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/analysis/6124603-death-penalty-christa-pike-tennessee/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The death penalty is back center stage in national politics in the most macabre of circumstances. Christa Pike, 50, who admits to the gruesome 1995 murder of classmate Colleen Slemmer, is in critical condition in hospital after Tennessee’s attempt to execute her on Wednesday evening failed. The attempted execution had only proceeded at the last...",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Witnesses detail horror of Tennessee woman’s botched execution: ‘None of it was normal’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/witnesses-detail-horror-of-tennessee-womans-botched-execution-none-of",
        "published": "2026-10-01T14:01:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "UN rights chief urges Tennessee not to repeat execution attempt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/un-rights-chief-urges-tennessee-not-to-repeat-execution-attempt",
        "published": "2026-10-01T14:07:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Failed Tennessee execution renews the debate over death penalty methods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/failed-tennessee-execution-renews-the-debate-over-death-penalty",
        "published": "2026-10-01T14:27:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "UN rights chief urges Tennessee not to repeat execution attempt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/un-rights-chief-urges-tennessee-not-to-repeat-execution-attempt-11237718",
        "published": "2026-10-01T17:02:43.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}