{
  "id": 16091079,
  "title": "Christa Pike’s IV team warned vein might be ‘blowing’ before failed execution",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/christa-pikes-iv-team-warned-vein-might-be-blowing-before-failed",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T18:42:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/22/christa-pike-failed-execution-lawyer-witness"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New account from Pike’s lawyer suggests team was racked by doubts even before pentobarbital began to flow The Tennessee execution team tasked with setting an intravenous line in the arms of the death row prisoner Christa Pike through which she could be injected with a lethal dose of pentobarbital repeatedly warned that her vein might be “blowing”, before they went ahead with the procedure, her…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CityNews",
        "title": "Execution staff warned IV site might have ‘blown’ during Christa Pike’s execution attempt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/execution-staff-warned-iv-site-might-have-blown-during-christa-pikes",
        "published": "2026-10-22T21:56:43.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}