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Wages Vs Inflation, Tennessee Failed Execution, Cornell Rape Case Special Prosecutor

October 2, 2026·13 min·4-min readnarrativenews
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This episode of NPR's Up First examines two harrowing cases: the botched execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee, where she survived two lethal injections due to systemic failures, and the mishandling of a sexual assault allegation at Cornell University, where critical evidence was withhel

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Christa PikeRafael NamSusanna CapelutoGigi DoubanMohamad ElBardicyAlice WoelfleZiad BuchhNia DumasChristopher ThomasNeisha HeinisPatrick MurrayCarleigh StrangeJay Shaylor

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Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice ReformForensicsInvestigative JournalismTrue CrimeUs PoliticsWrongful Convictions

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