After failed execution in Tennessee, a continued push to end executions in NC
Following a failed execution in Tennessee, activists in North Carolina are renewing calls to abolish the death penalty in their state.
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — After Tennessee prison officials failed to execute a woman on death row, some activists in North Carolina say it’s time to abolish the death penalty altogether. Christa Pike was set to be put to death last night, but after receiving two doses of the lethal injection drug, she is still alive. [...]
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