{"id":"86106075-5258-4cf5-9e8b-57f16721c55b","url":"https://www.axios.com/2026/10/01/christa-pike-lethal-injections-drugs-pentobarbital","domain":"axios.com","outlet":{"name":"Axios","country":"US","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"Christa Pike's execution failed. Here's how lethal injection works","plainHeadline":"Christa Pike survived two rounds of lethal injection during Tennessee's execution attempt.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Christa Pike survived two rounds of lethal injection in Tennessee.","Governor Bill Lee paused executions and ordered a third-party review.","Pike's case would have marked Tennessee's first female execution in 200 years.","Courts stayed and then reversed, leading to hours of legal whiplash.","DPIC notes lethal injection accounts for about 89% of U.S. executions since 1976."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-01T18:49:38.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-01T19:09:47.256Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/f4290b00-d391-4b89-bdb4-7e940294bcf0","storyId":"f4290b00-d391-4b89-bdb4-7e940294bcf0","image":"https://images.axios.com/2PIG-Ocv3JXoWPDDHUzJ95TWUog=/1366x768/smart/2025/03/11/174311-1741714991653.jpg","author":"Herb Scribner","dek":"Lethal injections are under scrutiny after Christa Pike survived two rounds of drugs during Tennessee's failed attempt to execute her."}