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Corinna Lain, death penalty expert: ‘Lethal injection has been problematic from the start’

7 October 2026 at 19:39

Christa Pike was supposed to be executed on September 30 at a Tennessee prison for the 1995 murder of a fellow student. But after receiving two supposedly lethal doses of pentobarbital, the 50-year-old survived. A week later, she remains hospitalized in Nashville. Her attorneys say she is now conscious and able to speak, though she continues to require medical care and faces a lengthy and uncertain recovery.

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Corinna Lain in an undated photo.

The Madrid bear sculpture meant for a Miami roundabout that ended up inside a restaurant instead

7 October 2026 at 15:09

Sometimes people count their chickens before they hatch. That’s what happened to the regional premier of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, in June 2022 during one of her trips to Miami, where she posed beside a large bear sculpture that she said would end up on a public roundabout in the southern Florida city. Meant to represent Madrid, the large, candy-like bear has instead been parked in the hallway of a well-known Miami restaurant, where it serves as a decorative item.

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Left to right: the sculptor Eladio de Mora, Hombres G drummer Javier Molina; Madrid regional premier Isabel Díaz Ayuso; Hombres G frontman David Summers; and the entrepreneur Carlos Galán, on June 26 2022.A bear painted like the Madrid regional flag has become a decorative element at Crazy About You restaurant, in Brickell, Miami's financial district.

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Madrid regional premier Isabel Díaz Ayuso speaking to the press in Miami in June 2022.

The Christa Pike case and the ethical dilemma of saving someone the state is trying to kill

7 October 2026 at 11:45

Christa Pike, 50, has been hospitalized for almost a week after receiving two injections that allegedly contained lethal pentobarbital. On Tuesday, her lawyers said she had regained consciousness and speech, though her prognosis remains uncertain. The state of Tennessee had attempted to execute her for the 1995 murder of a fellow student, but Pike survived and was taken to hospital. If she stabilizes and is discharged, the state could send her back to death row and try to execute her again.

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Christa Pike entrando en el Tribunal Penal del condado de Knox en Knoxville, el 4 de diciembre de 2007.
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