{
  "id": 13449177,
  "title": "Christa Pike moved back to prison after failed execution",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/christa-pike-moved-back-to-prison-after-failed-execution",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-10T15:43:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
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    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/1010/1594856-pike-prison-execution/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Christa Pike has been moved back to prison after a failed execution attempt by lethal injection in Tennessee. According to her attorneys, she was discharged from the hospital and returned to the Deborah K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, where she was previously housed for 30 years.\n\nPike, 50, was scheduled to be executed on September 30 for the 1995 beating and stabbing death of her classmate Colleen Slemmer. However, the execution was botched when she appeared to still be breathing after being administered two doses of pentobarbital, and she was rushed to a hospital.\n\nHer attorneys reported that Pike is continuing to receive medical care at the prison and they will track her recovery. They also stated that Pike is grateful to the first responders and her medical team for their care during the failed execution attempt, as per CityNews and ABC News.",
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      {
        "outlet": "CityNews",
        "title": "Christa Pike, who survived an execution attempt, is discharged from hospital, attorney says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/christa-pike-who-survived-an-execution-attempt-is-discharged-from",
        "published": "2026-10-10T15:24:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Christa Pike, who survived an execution attempt, is discharged from hospital, attorney says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/christa-pike-who-survived-an-execution-attempt-is-discharged-from-13450349",
        "published": "2026-10-10T15:24:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Christa Pike out of hospital and back in prison after surviving US execution attempt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/christa-pike-out-of-hospital-and-back-in-prison-after-surviving-us",
        "published": "2026-10-10T16:43:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Christa Pike out of hospital and back in prison after botched execution attempt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/christa-pike-out-of-hospital-and-back-in-prison-after-botched",
        "published": "2026-10-10T17:10:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Convicted murderer Christa Pike leaves hospital, returns to prison after botched execution",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/convicted-murderer-christa-pike-leaves-hospital-returns-to-prison",
        "published": "2026-10-10T17:41:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Christa Pike, who survived an execution attempt, is discharged from hospital, attorney says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/christa-pike-who-survived-an-execution-attempt-is-discharged-from-13508164",
        "published": "2026-10-10T19:27:06.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}