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  "title": "Christa Pike’s botched execution exposes the deep contradictions of a ‘painless’ state-imposed death",
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  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T06:27:13.000Z",
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  "summary": "Lethal injections are not typically administered by doctors, given executions are incompatible with their oath to protect lives.",
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      {
        "outlet": "El Pais",
        "title": "Failed Christa Pike Execution Calls Protocols, Drug Into Question",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/la-ejecucion-fallida-de-christa-pike-pone-en-duda-los-protocolos-y-el",
        "published": "2026-10-01T18:02:26.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "What we know about Christa Pike’s condition after failed execution",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/what-we-know-about-christa-pikes-condition-after-failed-execution",
        "published": "2026-10-01T20:09:34.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Christa Pike execution: Two lethal doses, but she survived. What’s next?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/christa-pike-execution-two-lethal-doses-but-she-survived-whats-next",
        "published": "2026-10-01T21:47:23.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Attorney on Christa Pike's botched execution: \"The real issue here is that we don't know anything\"",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/attorney-on-christa-pikes-botched-execution-the-real-issue-here-is",
        "published": "2026-10-02T01:07:49.000Z"
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