{
  "id": 12717136,
  "title": "Texas set to carry out first US execution since botched lethal injection of Christa Pike",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/texas-set-to-carry-out-first-us-execution-since-botched-lethal",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T20:58:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/07/texas-execution-jamaal-howard"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Jamaal Howard’s lawyers urge halt, citing risk of another failed execution after Pike’s ordeal in Tennessee Texas on Wednesday is scheduled to carry out the first execution in the US after the the botched lethal injection of Christa Pike in Tennessee last week. Lawyers for Jamaal Howard, a Texas man on death row for capital murder, are seeking to halt the execution, arguing there are similar…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Why did Christa Pike’s attempted execution fail? What medical experts say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/why-did-christa-pikes-attempted-execution-fail-what-medical-experts",
        "published": "2026-10-07T18:43:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Christa Pike's attorneys appear in court after failed execution",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/christa-pikes-attorneys-appear-in-court-after-failed-execution",
        "published": "2026-10-07T18:54:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "Christa Pike 'angry and confused' after botched execution",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/christa-pike-angry-and-confused-after-botched-execution",
        "published": "2026-10-07T21:23:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}