Center baseline · UPIHighChrista Pike conscious, talking six days after botched execution
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What happenedDeath row inmate Christa Pike is conscious and speaking, her attorneys said Tuesday, six days after Tennessee failed to execute her.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say". The right frames it as "Christa Pike Awake, Speaking After Failed Execution, Attorneys Say".
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16 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
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WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftChrista Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say
The Guardian US · Center-left · News report
CenterChrista Pike conscious, talking six days after botched execution
UPI · Center · Wire story
Right / center-rightChrista Pike Awake, Speaking After Failed Execution, Attorneys Say
Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say
The prisoner received two doses of pentobarbital as authorities tried to put her to death on 30 September Christa Pike, a Tennessee prisoner who survived the state’s attempt to execute her,...
Female death row inmate who survived botched execution is conscious, speaking
Christa Pike, who was sentenced to death for murder, had been unconscious and on a ventilator in critical condition after receiving two supposedly lethal injections at a Tennessee prison
Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after Tennessee failed execution, her attorneys say
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is awake and speaking at a hospital, her lawyers said Tuesday, six days after the state’s failed attempt to execute her.
Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after Tennessee failed execution, her attorneys say
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is awake and speaking at a hospital, her lawyers said Tuesday, six days after the state's failed attempt to execute her by lethal injection left her...
Christa Pike awake, speaking — and shackled to her bed days after botched execution
Pike’s attorneys expressed gratitude to hospital first responders and the medical team who ‘treated Christa like a human and have provided exceptional care to her’
Christa Pike regains consciousness after botched Tennessee execution attempt
Convicted murderer Christa Pike regained consciousness and began speaking Tuesday after surviving a botched execution by lethal injection. Pike, the first woman the state of Tennessee has a...
Christa Pike Regains Consciousness After Failed Execution in Tennessee
The death row inmate in Tennessee received two doses of a lethal injection drug last week but lived. She was taken from the execution chamber in an ambulance.
