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Christa Pike is ‘up and walking’ for first time after failed execution, lawyer says

Recovery marks a dramatic turnaround for Pike, who remains in hospital after a botched execution in Tennessee Christa Pike is “up and walking” in hospital, her lawyer said, just more than a week after she survived two lethal injections during a botched execution in Tennessee.

What the coverage shows

Most outlets focus on the lawyer’s account of Christa Pike’s condition after the botched execution, with the Guardian, BBC, Channel 4 and PBS all highlighting that she is “angry and confused” or now walking. The Washington Post is the only one to foreground the lawyer’s accusation of Tennessee “secrecy” and the judge’s order to preserve evidence, while the New York Times shifts the emphasis to the legal and ethical questions raised by the failed execution. Vox is alone in using the case to frame a broader discussion of the death penalty.

Written by Crossfiled from the 9 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.

VoxBBC NewsThe Guardian USChannel 4 NewsNew York TimesWashington Post

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