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I've seen nearly 500 executions - but never one like Christa Pike's

World | 2026-10-02 at 14:01 UTC | Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Texas reporter Michael Graczyk has seen botched executions in his time, but not one in which an inmate survived.
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