The Memo: Tennessee debacle revives bitter debate over death penalty
Tennessee's attempt to execute Christa Pike failed, leaving her in critical condition. The incident has reignited national debate regarding the use of the death penalty.
The death penalty is back center stage in national politics in the most macabre of circumstances. Christa Pike, 50, who admits to the gruesome 1995 murder of classmate Colleen Slemmer, is in critical condition in the hospital after Tennessee’s attempt to execute her Wednesday evening failed. The attempted execution had only proceeded at the last...
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