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‘Bring back the electric chair,’ Tennessee GOP candidate urges after botched execution

1 after surviving two execution attempts and numerous agonizing efforts to insert IVs during her failed lethal injection the day before.

‘Bring back the electric chair,’ Tennessee GOP candidate urges after botched execution

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1 after surviving two execution attempts and numerous agonizing efforts to insert IVs during her failed lethal injection the day before.

Christa Pike remained in critical condition in a Tennessee hospital Oct.

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

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Christa Pike remained in critical condition in a Tennessee hospital Oct.

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