Blackburn calls for return to electric chair after botched execution of Christa Pike
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s reaction to the failed execution of Christa Pike was one of several that varied dramatically. (George Walker IV/AP file)
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s reaction to the two failed attempts to carry out the death penalty in the case of Christa Pike is one of several, including a very different one from her rival, Democratic nominee Jerri Green.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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