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Proof: Christa Pike ‘angry, confused’ and unable to move arms after failed execution, lawyers say

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-07T21:42:53Z","headline":"Christa Pike ‘angry, confused’ and unable to move arms after failed execution, lawyers say","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/07/christa-pike-botched-execution-evidence-judge","v":1}

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74ee0f61f470df70cc427a0b64c1666e8fb09cfe8f4931640ad909d89e8dabf6

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970397, mined 2026-10-07 22:09 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-07 21:50 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-07 19:45 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-74ee0f61f470.json prints 74ee0f61f470df70cc427a0b64c1666e8fb09cfe8f4931640ad909d89e8dabf6. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-74ee0f61f470.json and headline-74ee0f61f470.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-74ee0f61f470.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, 4 min after it was first seen.