10/4/2026
Political Picture

The Memo: Tennessee debacle revives bitter debate over death penalty

Filed by Deacon Rift
The Memo: Tennessee debacle revives bitter debate over 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 Tennesseeā€™s attempt to execute her Wednesday evening failed. The attempted execution had only proceeded at the lastā€¦
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