{
  "id": 11316416,
  "title": "Christa Pike said she was \"ready to be free\" before her botched execution",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/christa-pike-said-she-was-ready-to-be-free-before-her-botched",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T23:54:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/christa-pike-before-botched-execution/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In her final statement before her botched execution, convicted killer Christa Pike said she was ready to die, \"ready to be free.\" But instead, she survived two doses of a supposedly lethal drug, in the second failed execution in Tennessee this year. Skyler Henry reports.",
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    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Christa Pike survives 2 lethal injection attempts, Tennessee halts executions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/christa-pike-survives-2-lethal-injection-attempts-tennessee-halts",
        "published": "2026-10-01T16:55:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "Christa Pike gets “life-saving care” after surviving execution",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/christa-pike-gets-life-saving-care-after-surviving-execution",
        "published": "2026-10-01T18:53:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "How Tennessee’s failed execution of Christa Pike unfolded, minute-by-minute",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/how-tennessees-failed-execution-of-christa-pike-unfolded-minute-by",
        "published": "2026-10-01T21:14:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Christa Pike in a critical condition in hospital after botched execution",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/christa-pike-in-a-critical-condition-in-hospital-after-botched-11322146",
        "published": "2026-10-02T01:00:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Christa Pike in a critical condition in hospital after botched execution",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/christa-pike-in-a-critical-condition-in-hospital-after-botched",
        "published": "2026-10-02T01:00:38.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}