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Blackburn calls on TN to 'bring back' electric chair after botched Christa Pike execution

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Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on Thursday called on Tennessee to reintroduce the electric chair for executions after death-row prisoner Christa Pike survived two lethal injections the day before. Blachburn, who is the GOP nominee in the Volunteer State's gubernatorial race, called the botched exec…

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  1. Just the News

    Blackburn urges return of electric chair after failed execution (opens Just the News)

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    Some states, facing problems with lethal injection, have embraced older methods of execution, including the firing squad.

  2. Just the News

    Sen. Blackburn has a solution to botched lethal injection: 'bring back the electric chair' (opens Just the News)

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    "This situation is tragic. Christa Pike should have been executed long ago. Now, this botched process is extending the pain for the family of Colleen Slemmer," Blackburn wrote.

  3. The Hill

    Blackburn calls on TN to 'bring back' electric chair after botched Christa Pike execution (opens The Hill)

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    Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on Thursday called on Tennessee to reintroduce the electric chair for executions after death-row prisoner Christa Pike survived two lethal injections the day before. Blachburn, who is the GOP nominee in the Volunteer State's gubernatorial race, called the botched exec…

  4. Baptist News Global

    ‘Bring back the electric chair,’ Tennessee GOP candidate urges after botched execution (opens Baptist News Global)

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    Christa Pike remained in critical condition in a Tennessee hospital Oct. 1 after surviving two execution attempts and numerous agonizing efforts to insert IVs during her failed lethal injection the day before. Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee responded by announcing...

  5. BizPac Review

    Marsha Blackburn calls for return to electric chair after botched execution (opens BizPac Review)

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    A botched execution in Tennessee has prompted Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) to call for a return to the electric chair. Christa Pike, who was convicted in 1996 […]

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