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US woman still alive after lethal injection dose, legal team says

ABC News Brianna Morris-Grant

1 Oct 2026 12:44 AEST Summary

Homicide Crime

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1 Oct 2026 14:17 AEST the headline was changed: ~~Breaking:~~ US woman still alive after lethal injection dose, legal team says

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From the report

A woman on death row in the US state of Tennessee is still alive after two doses of lethal injection, according to her lawyers.

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ABC News US woman still alive after lethal injection dose, legal team says plain
SBS News Tennessee inmate snoring and still alive after lethal injections, witnesses say plain
Brisbane Times Tennessee woman still alive after attempts to execute her, lawyers say plain

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How it is written

Niral Score 7.2 · calm mundaneloaded

10 more readings adjectives, repeated words, sentiment, sourcing and 1 more and 5 at zero

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Sentiment -0.7 hostilefavourable Sourcing 80 unattributednamed sources Mood 57.4 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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How each outlet filed it

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Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Political	Sentiment	Gender	Happiness
ABC Newsas they published this story	7.2	3	80	0	-0.7	0	57.4
SBS News	8.3	14	70	0.1	-0.4	2.9	31.8

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SBS News Tennessee inmate snoring and still alive after lethal injections, witnesses say Niral 8.3 · calm political 0.1 Brisbane Times Tennessee woman still alive after attempts to execute her, lawyers say Niral 2.6 · calm political 0 The Age Tennessee woman still alive after attempts to execute her, lawyers say Niral 2.6 · calm political 0 WAtoday Tennessee woman still alive after attempts to execute her, lawyers say Niral 2.6 · calm political 0