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Proof: Tennessee prison system head to resign after failed Christa Pike execution

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-03T16:00:37Z","headline":"Tennessee prison system head to resign after failed Christa Pike execution","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"cbsnews","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christa-pike-failed-execution-tennessee-official-resigns/","v":1}

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SHA-256

2a88e5b92619cb9a33dc53931660215aaeb282d4a85570351670e4f846264f19

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969745, mined 2026-10-03 16:19 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-03 16:04 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-03 16:04 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-2a88e5b92619.json prints 2a88e5b92619cb9a33dc53931660215aaeb282d4a85570351670e4f846264f19. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-2a88e5b92619.json and headline-2a88e5b92619.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-2a88e5b92619.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.