Claims extracted
30
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
13%
4 of 30 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
CBS News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
17
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Christa Pike, who survived
in Tennessee last month,
asserted
who → survive → Tennessee
said Friday that she's been in pain every moment since she woke up confused in the hospital.
asserted
she → say → hospital
Pike said she'd entered the execution chamber having said her goodbyes, adding, "I had not contemplated life beyond that night."
"Several days later I woke up alone in a hospital confused and in pain," she said in a statement dictated to her lawyers.
asserted
she → say → lawyers
My body hurts.
asserted
body → hurt → ?
My arms hurt.
asserted
arms → hurt → ?
My hands hurt.
asserted
hands → hurt → ?
My throat hurts.
asserted
throat → hurt → ?
I still struggle to speak.
asserted
I → struggle → ?
Her statement was released exactly one month after surviving the execution attempt.
asserted
statement → release → attempt
It is the first public comment she has made since.
asserted
she → make → ?
Pike, 50, was given two doses of a lethal injection drug, but her legal team confirmed shortly after the failed procedure that, in an unprecedented turn, she was
.
asserted
she → give → turn
One witness, a media attendee, noted she could be heard loudly snoring about one hour after the procedure had started.
uncertain
procedure → note → ?
She was then taken by ambulance to an area hospital.
asserted
She → take → hospital
"I am searching for meaning in what happened to me," Pike said.
asserted
Pike → search → me
"One thing that has given me strength is the extraordinary love and support I have received from people around the world.
asserted
I → give → world
I am overwhelmed by the kindness and prayers of people I have known for years and complete strangers who have never met me."
asserted
who → overwhelm → me
Pike was convicted in 1995 of the brutal murder of her classmate, 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer.
asserted
Pike → convict → classmate
Court filings show that Pike, then 18, tortured and killed Slemmer, slashing her with a meat cleaver and box cutter for up to an hour in a wooded part of the University of Tennessee campus, with help from her boyfriend and a friend.
asserted
Pike → show → boyfriend
While other executions have been halted, generally they involved difficulties with finding a vein for the lethal injection.
asserted
they → halt → injection
Pike is the only person known to have survived an execution attempt in the U.S. where the drug was administered, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
uncertain
drug → know → Center
"I don't know why I survived that night.
asserted
I → know → ?
I don't know what comes next," Pike said in the statement Friday.
asserted
Pike → know → statement
"Some days, finding hope is harder than others.
asserted
finding → find → others
For now, I am trying to heal, one day at a time."
asserted
I → try → time
Pike's failed execution has raised questions about the lethal injection protocol in Tennessee.
asserted
execution → fail → Tennessee
Tony Carruthers could not be executed after the execution team members spent more than an hour trying to establish an IV line for the lethal injection.
uncertain
members → execute → injection
The governor granted a one-year reprieve on his execution.
asserted
governor → grant → execution
CBS News
going back to 2007 and found that over the years the protocols grew increasingly vague.
asserted
protocols → go → years
One-third of Americans back a second attempt at executing Pike, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll from earlier this month.
uncertain
third → back → poll
This is a developing story.
asserted
This → develop → ?
The Aporia
