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  "id": 13088738,
  "title": "Christa Pike’s botched execution is a reminder of the horror of the death penalty | Moira Donegan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/christa-pikes-botched-execution-is-a-reminder-of-the-horror-of-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T10:00:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/09/christa-pike-death-penalty"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Lethal injection was a way for us to deny the reality of capital punishment. Pike’s experience shows us what it is Christa Pike had asked to be hanged. In the weeks before her botched execution by lethal injection on 30 September, in which she survived two lethal doses of barbiturate pentobarbital and had to be hospitalized, Pike and her legal team had challenged Tennessee’s execution protocol.…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Christa Pike survived a botched execution. So did 7 other inmates in recent decades",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/christa-pike-survived-a-botched-execution-so-did-7-other-inmates-in",
        "published": "2026-10-08T18:39:33.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
        "title": "Christa Pike Is Walking with Help and Eating after Failed Execution Attempt, Her Attorneys Say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/christa-pike-is-walking-with-help-and-eating-after-failed-execution",
        "published": "2026-10-09T02:15:34.000Z"
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        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "Christa Pike is walking with help and eating after failed execution attempt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/christa-pike-is-walking-with-help-and-eating-after-failed-execution-13044651",
        "published": "2026-10-09T05:52:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Christa Pike health update: Lungs clear, regular diet starts as death row inmate shows concern for Colleen Slemmer's family",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/christa-pike-health-update-lungs-clear-regular-diet-starts-as-death",
        "published": "2026-10-09T07:11:21.000Z"
      }
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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."
}