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Bloodthirsty MAGA Senator Calls for Electric Chair’s Return

Marsha Blackburn is charged up after Christa Pike’s failed execution.

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The Daily Beast· Oct 2, 3:11 AMBloodthirsty MAGA Senator Calls for Electric Chair’s Return

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Tennessee prepares to execute a woman for a crime she committed at age 18Tennessee is preparing to execute Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder she committed at age 18. The now 50-year-old is scheduled for lethal injection on Wednesday. If carried out, it would be Tennessee’s first execution of a woman in at least 200 years. Pike and her boyfriend were convicted of killing their classmate Colleen Slemmer. Pike was sentenced to…

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Christa Pike’s lawyer accuses Tennessee of ‘secrecy’ as judge orders evidence preservedAfter her botched execution, Randy Spivey said, “I think she is angry and confused about everything right now.”

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Christa Pike, Confused After Failed Tennessee Execution, Is at Center of Legal StormHer awareness and condition deepen ethical and legal questions after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her for murdering a classmate decades ago.

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