botched
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Last month, condemned prisoner Christa Pike survived a botched execution attempt by lethal injection in Tennessee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
“In almost every case, it’d be better to avoid the surgery than to expose the patient to the risk of a botched operation.”
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
The head of the state's corrections department is resigning from his post in the wake of the botched execution.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Pike later regained consciousness, and her attorneys have sought to preserve evidence from the botched procedure.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Too late, I realized my misstep—Anna May had wanted to use my arrival as an excuse to end the interview, and I’d botched that for her.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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