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  "id": 11299892,
  "title": "What we know about Tennessee's botched execution of Christa Pike",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/what-we-know-about-tennessees-botched-execution-of-christa-pike",
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  "published": "2026-10-01T22:55:43.000Z",
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  "summary": "Tennessee officials failed to carry out the lethal injection of death row inmate Christa Pike on Wednesday. Her attorneys say she is alive and in critical condition after being given two separate doses of pentobarbital meant to kill her. Pike was sentenced to death for the gruesome murder of her classmate in 1995. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Deborah Denno, a professor at Fordham School of Law.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "Tennessee fails to execute Christa Pike after 2 lethal injections: What happens next as per Tennessee law?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/tennessee-fails-to-execute-christa-pike-after-2-lethal-injections",
        "published": "2026-10-01T18:33:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CityNews",
        "title": "What to know about Christa Pike and her failed lethal injection execution attempt in Tennessee",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/what-to-know-about-christa-pike-and-her-failed-lethal-injection",
        "published": "2026-10-01T22:05:51.000Z"
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        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour Health",
        "title": "What we know about Tennessee's botched execution of Christa Pike",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/what-we-know-about-tennessees-botched-execution-of-christa-pike-11305462",
        "published": "2026-10-01T22:55:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Christa Pike's attorneys: Botched execution was \"torturous\" and \"predictable\"",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/christa-pikes-attorneys-botched-execution-was-torturous-and",
        "published": "2026-10-01T22:58:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}