Sen. Blackburn has a solution to botched lethal injection: 'bring back the electric chair'

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on Thursday called on Tennessee to reintroduce the electric chair for executions after death-row prisoner Christa Pike survived two lethal injections the day before.

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Sen. Blackburn has a solution to botched lethal injection: 'bring back the electric chair'

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Blackburn calls on TN to 'bring back' electric chair after botched Christa Pike execution

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Sen. Blackburn has a solution to botched lethal injection: 'bring back the electric chair'

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Blackburn urges return of electric chair after failed execution

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