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Christa Pike Describes Pain and Isolation After Botched Execution

Christa Pike, who was convicted of a 1995 murder, released her first statement since the failed attempt to execute her last month.

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It took about 30 minutes to verify the authenticity of the call for an ambulance from the prison. Christa Pike was in a private Nashville hospital for more than a week.
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Tennessee Race Is Rattled by a Republican’s Acknowledgment of a ‘Past Indiscretion’

State Senator Brent Taylor, the Republican nominee for a U.S. House seat, responded to a Nashville outlet’s report that he had sent “an unsolicited nude picture.”

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State Senator Brent Taylor, Republican of Memphis, is favored to flip Tennessee’s Ninth Congressional District.
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