{
  "id": 12769880,
  "title": "Texas carries out first US execution since Christa Pike's botched lethal injection",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/texas-carries-out-first-us-execution-since-christa-pikes-botched",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T02:37:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/texas-carries-out-first-us-execution-since-christa-pikes-botched-lethal-injection/articleshow/134778081.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Texas has executed Jamaal Howard, 46, making it the first US execution since Christa Pike's botched lethal injection in Tennessee. Howard was pronounced dead after receiving a lethal dose of pentobarbital at the state prison in Huntsville. His lawyers had argued that Texas faced similar risks due to the same lethal injection drug used in Pike's failed execution. Despite their requests, the Texas court of criminal appeals and the US Supreme Court denied their pleas, both decisions without explanation. Howard is the sixth person executed in Texas this year and the 30th person put to death across the US in 2026.",
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Texas carries out first US execution since Christa Pike's botched lethal injections",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/texas-carries-out-first-us-execution-since-christa-pikes-botched-12774485",
        "published": "2026-10-08T03:02:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Texas carries out nation’s first execution since Christa Pike’s failed lethal injection",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/texas-carries-out-nations-first-execution-since-christa-pikes-failed",
        "published": "2026-10-08T04:39:11.000Z"
      }
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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."
}