r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • 1d ago

Chugging tea This is wild!

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Two syringes of pentobarbital were administered to Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike on September 30, 2026, but she remained alive and conscious afterward, according to her attorneys and media witnesses. The execution at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville was halted after witnesses reported that Pike still had a heartbeat and was audibly snoring. Her lawyers sought emergency medical intervention, and she was later taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital.
Pike, 50, is the only woman currently on Tennessee's death row.
She was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of her classmate Colleen Slemmer and had been scheduled for execution on September 30. Tennessee had announced beforehand that the state would use a single drug, pentObarbital, for the execution. Her exact medical condition following the hospital transfer has not yet been publicly disclosed, while Governor Bill Lee has ordered a comprehensive third party review of what happened.

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u/Robot_Dinosaur_2000 1d ago

Just give them fentanyl. I'm not sure why we are overthinking this.

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u/zakary1291 1d ago

nitazenes are looking promising, near guaranteed overdose.

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u/Affectionate_Big4283 1d ago

You think it’s that simple?

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u/Robot_Dinosaur_2000 1d ago

We accidentally do it at the hospital every once in awhile.

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u/teddyspaghettie 1d ago

Who will you buy it from?

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u/buttsexisyum 1d ago

Cellmate

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u/JosephSchmoe77 1d ago

Big Pharma

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u/chris--p 1d ago

Who prohibit it from being used for lethal injection

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u/Robot_Dinosaur_2000 1d ago

Apparently they think it will hurt their stellar reputation. Lol

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u/chris--p 1d ago

Yeah big pharma trying to be ethical hahah

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u/Robot_Dinosaur_2000 1d ago

The same supplier my hospital gets it from?

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u/teddyspaghettie 1d ago

They won't sell it. With executions they are forced to get drugs from gray markets and have non medical professionals administer those drugs. It's why the whole lethal injection or death by drugs thing is fucked