Death row inmate Christa Pike has woken up and is speaking almost a week after a botched execution attempt at a US prison.
Crime and courts / United States
Death row inmate Christa Pike wakes after botched execution
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- ABC News Death row inmate Christa Pike wakes after botched execution
- The Age Death row prisoner alive and speaking after botched execution
- The West Australian Christa Pike: Death row inmate ‘conscious and speaking’ after failed execution, lawyer says
- ABC News No-one has ever survived a lethal injection — Christa Pike may not either
- The West Australian Christa Pike: Gruesome image leaks after murderer’s botched execution
- The West Australian Christa Pike: Lawyer reveals the convicted murderer ‘may not recover’ following botched execution attempt
- 7NEWS Death row killer Christa Pike ‘may not fully recover’ after botched execution
- SBS News After surviving a lethal injection, could Christa Pike face execution again?
- SBS News (World) Tennessee governor says inmate's failed lethal injection a 'tragedy', halts executions
- SBS News (World) Christa Pike conscious after surviving Tennessee execution attempt
- 7NEWS Killer Christa Pike ‘conscious and speaking’ a week after failed execution
- The West Australian Tennessee execution survivor 'conscious and speaking'
- WAtoday ‘Against all odds’: Christa Pike awake and speaking after botched Tennessee execution
- Brisbane Times Tennessee’s prisons chief to resign after failed execution of Christa Pike
- SBS News (World) Tennessee prison chief resigns following botched Christa Pike execution
- ABC News Tennessee prisons chief resigns after failed Christa Pike execution
- 7NEWS Christa Pike: Tennessee’s prisons chief to resign after failed execution, governor says
- WAtoday State prisons boss steps down after botched execution
- The West Australian US state's prison chief resigns after botched execution
- 7NEWS Christa Pike: Tennessee execution survivor on ventilator, unconscious
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The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, WAtoday, Brisbane Times and The West Australian also covered it; we only receive their summaries, so their writing is not scored here.
| Outlet | Niral Score | Adjectives | Sourcing | Sentiment | Gender | Mood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC Newsas they published this story | 92.9 | 6 | 75 | -1.3 | 0 | 33.8 |
| 7NEWS | 93.1 | 8 | 76 | -0.2 | 6 | 45.3 |
| SBS News (World) | 96.1 | 2 | 81 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 51.1 |
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The same event elsewhere
8 outlets from 4 newsrooms reported this story: the one you are reading and the other 7 below. The table above compares the reports we could score.
The Age
Death row prisoner alive and speaking after botched execution
summary only, not scored
The Sydney Morning Herald
Death row prisoner alive and speaking after botched execution
summary only, not scored
WAtoday
Death row prisoner alive and speaking after botched execution
summary only, not scored
Brisbane Times
Death row prisoner alive and speaking after botched execution
summary only, not scored
The West Australian
Tennessee execution survivor 'conscious and speaking'
summary only, not scored
7NEWS
Killer Christa Pike ‘conscious and speaking’ a week after failed execution
Niral 93.1 · calm writing
political 0
SBS News
Christa Pike conscious after surviving Tennessee execution attempt
Niral 96.1 · calm writing
political 0