{"id":"d41cd23e-1165-4fdc-9830-042e59d683bd","url":"https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3369413/tennessee-fails-execute-christa-pike-after-2-doses-lethal-drug","domain":"scmp.com","outlet":{"name":"South China Morning Post","country":"HK","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true,"owner":"Alibaba Group"},"title":"Tennessee fails to execute Christa Pike after 2 doses of lethal drug","plainHeadline":"Tennessee unable to execute Christa Pike after two pentobarbital doses","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Tennessee officials failed to carry out Christa Pike's execution after two doses of pentobarbital.","Pike, 50, would have been the first woman executed in Tennessee in over 200 years.","An appeals court stay was lifted by the US Supreme Court before the attempt.","Pike remained awake and snored; officials later transported her from the prison.","The state has previously faced execution complications and switched to pentobarbital."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-01T04:14:43.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-01T04:26:49.137Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/f4290b00-d391-4b89-bdb4-7e940294bcf0","storyId":"f4290b00-d391-4b89-bdb4-7e940294bcf0","image":"https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/canvas/2026/10/01/f240a627-d44c-418f-9849-2087bae69df5_7b4ef7c8.jpg?itok=MUPaD9jW&v=1790828081","author":"Associated Press","dek":"Tennessee officials were unable to put Christa Pike to death on Wednesday for a 1995 murder after administering two doses of a lethal drug. A death penalty expert said it was an unprecedented failure."}