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  "id": 11397254,
  "title": "Backup Execution Plans Are Common Across US States. They Don't Always Work",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/backup-execution-plans-are-common-across-us-states-they-dont-always",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T08:07:13.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/tennessee-woman-christa-pike-execution-news-backup-execution-plans-are-common-across-us-states-they-dont-always-work-12129145"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Twenty-seven states have capital punishment, and they vary widely in how they administer the death penalty and just how much of that lethal process they keep hidden from public view",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Many states have backup execution plans, but failures still happen",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/many-states-have-backup-execution-plans-but-failures-still-happen",
        "published": "2026-10-02T04:07:55.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}