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Proof: US death row inmate Christa Pike awake and speaking after failed execution, lawyers say

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-06T22:11:07Z","headline":"US death row inmate Christa Pike awake and speaking after failed execution, lawyers say","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"bbc","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8kgezxn54qko","v":1}

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3cf0bbddf9c985bef2d75589346ffb9b2a0ae3fc4de6bd321b174881bbdd9a35

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970247, mined 2026-10-06 23:00 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-06 22:14 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-06 21:40 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-3cf0bbddf9c9.json prints 3cf0bbddf9c985bef2d75589346ffb9b2a0ae3fc4de6bd321b174881bbdd9a35. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-3cf0bbddf9c9.json and headline-3cf0bbddf9c9.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-3cf0bbddf9c9.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 1 min after it was first seen.