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Christa Pike back in prison and able to talk after botched execution

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Christa Pike is back in prison following her release from the hospital after her botched execution, her lawyer said. Skyler Henry has more. CBS News 24/7 is the premier anchored streaming news service from CBS News and Stations that is available free to everyone with access to the internet and is th

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Both outlets center the failed Tennessee execution, but they frame it differently. Axios foregrounds Pike’s return to prison after the hospital, and explicitly says the failed execution was unprecedented. Vox instead uses the episode as a springboard to ask what explains the botched execution, with its extract focusing on broader issues with the death penalty and on Pike surviving two doses.

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