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OpinionPoliticsNonviolence and Peace

Tennessee's Botched Executions Offer No Justice. No Execution Does

By Stacy Rector
Demonstrators hold a vigil for Christa Pike, who is on death row for killing 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995, in Krutch Park in Knoxville, Tenn., on Sept. 30, 2026.
Oct 6, 2026
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The recent botched attempted executions of Christa Pike and Tony Carruthers in Tennessee have laid bare what it is we are doing in my state in the name of justice—and people of faith are horrified by it.

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Demonstrators hold a vigil for Christa Pike, who is on death row for killing 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995, in Krutch Park in Knoxville, Tenn., on Sept. 30, 2026.