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Mother of Christa Pike's victim speaks out following botched execution
Wednesday's execution attempt came 30 years after Christa Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer.
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Wednesday's execution attempt came 30 years after Christa Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer.
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According to ABC News’s source item, Mother of Christa Pike’s victim speaks out following botched execution, Wednesday’s execution attempt came 30 years after Christa Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer.
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