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Governor Pauses Executions After Notorious Killer Survives Lethal Injection

Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee put executions on hold in the state for the rest of the year after a botched lethal injection Wednesday night of notorious murderer Christa Pike. Lee said that he had asked for “a comprehensive, third-

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