Death penalty in the US: awake after a botched execution, Christa Pike reignites the lethal injection debate
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South AfricaPretoria is sticking to the wire: the chosen angle is that of the legal recourse, with the request to preserve evidence of a failed execution and the grievance of "cruel and unusual punishment".
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BrazilBrasília is seeking the medical explanation for an impossible survival: the Brazilian press is scrutinizing how Christa Pike withstood two doses of pentobarbital, including the dose, venous routes, and quality of the product.
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the narrative highlights the unprecedented nature of the attempted execution of a woman.
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the narrative focuses on the physiological explanation of survival rather than the debate on capital punishment.
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the interview with the journalist is reprinted from a British media outlet.