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  "id": 13544606,
  "title": "Pike leaves hospital, returns to prison after failed execution",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/pike-leaves-hospital-returns-to-prison-after-failed-execution",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-10T21:46:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Qatar Tribune",
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    "url": "https://www.qatar-tribune.com/article/258452/world/pike-leaves-hospital-returns-to-prison-after-failed-execution"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Christa Pike, a 50-year-old death row inmate from Tennessee, has been released from the hospital and returned to prison following a failed execution attempt, her legal team announced on Saturday. Pike, who has been incarcerated at the Nashville prison for over three decades, is currently receiving ongoing medical treatment at the facility, according to her lawyers. The execution, which took place on September 30, was intended to make Pike the first woman executed in the state in more than two centuries, but she miraculously survived the lethal injection. Authorities reported that she was given two doses of pentobarbital as per Tennessee's execution protocol before being rushed to the hospital unconscious. Pike regained consciousness earlier this week, allowing her to speak and walk. A Tennessee court recently ordered the preservation of all evidence related to the failed execution, including medical equipment and documentation of Pike's condition. It is uncertain whether the state will proceed with rescheduling the execution. Governor Bill Lee, a Republican, has temporarily halted all executions until the end of the year and ordered a separate investigation into the incident. Pike was convicted of the 1996 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer when she was only 18 years old. Slemmer was tortured and killed in a secluded area near the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.",
  "summary": "dpaWashingtonUS death row inmate Christa Pike, who survived a botched execution in Tennessee 10 days ago, has been discharged from hospital and returned to prison, her lawyers said...",
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        "title": "Christa Pike, who survived an execution attempt, is discharged from hospital, attorney says",
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        "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",
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        "title": "Christa Pike moved back to prison after failed execution",
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        "published": "2026-10-10T15:43:10.000Z"
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        "title": "Christa Pike out of hospital and back in prison after surviving US execution attempt",
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        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Christa Pike out of hospital and back in prison after botched execution attempt",
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        "published": "2026-10-10T17:10:29.000Z"
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        "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",
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        "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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      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "Christa Pike discharged from the hospital and back in prison",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/christa-pike-discharged-from-the-hospital-and-back-in-prison",
        "published": "2026-10-10T22:15:04.000Z"
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