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  "id": 11464670,
  "title": "After failed execution of Christa Pike, questions loom amid impossible US death penalty debate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/after-failed-execution-of-christa-pike-questions-loom-amid-impossible",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T14:30:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/10/02/after-failed-execution-of-christa-pike-questions-loom-amid-impossible-us-death-penalty-debate_6758184_4.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The 50-year-old woman had been sentenced to death for a murder committed in 1995. After surviving two injections of barbiturates, she was transferred to intensive care Wednesday night at a hospital in Tennessee. The episode marks a dramatic failure of the US system of administering capital punishment.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Christa Pike in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections, lawyer says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/christa-pike-in-critical-condition-after-surviving-two-lethal",
        "published": "2026-10-02T01:37:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Christa Pike in ‘life-saving care’ after botched Tennessee execution",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/christa-pike-in-life-saving-care-after-botched-tennessee-execution",
        "published": "2026-10-02T03:02:52.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Christa Pike in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections, lawyer says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/christa-pike-in-critical-condition-after-surviving-two-lethal-11364412",
        "published": "2026-10-02T04:34:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Christa Pike survived her execution attempt. Tennessee must not try again | Austin Sarat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/christa-pike-survived-her-execution-attempt-tennessee-must-not-try",
        "published": "2026-10-02T09:00:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "Failed 'torturous' execution attempt on Christa Pike reignites death penalty debate",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/failed-torturous-execution-attempt-on-christa-pike-reignites-death",
        "published": "2026-10-02T10:25:03.000Z"
      }
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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."
}