{
  "id": 11502692,
  "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-11502692",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T18:36:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/many-states-have-backup-execution-plans-but-failures-still-happen"
  },
  "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, according to the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "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"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-10-02T08:07:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}