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The Pain We Don’t Talk About
Tennessee tried to execute Christa Gail Pike, administered every dose permitted by its protocol, and failed. Whatever one thinks of Pike’s brutal murder of Colleen Slemmer or of capital punishment itself, the state claimed the ultimate governmental power and demonstrated that it could not exercise that power competently. Dave examines the Eighth Amendment, the staggering cost and inconsistency of the death penalty, and whether Tennessee may constitutionally attempt the execution again.
Then the discussion becomes deeply personal. A new VA report records 6,488 veteran suicides in 2024, with…
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