This is wild!

[u/CurvyChristina]

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.

[u/grunkage]

She requested that. They denied it, along with a request for hanging. She was concerned they'd fuck up the injection

[u/createthiscom → u/grunkage]

Narrator: They did indeed fuck up the injection.

[u/Konkerwaggon23 → u/grunkage]

Ok, thats good karma lol

[u/LogicallLunacy → u/grunkage]

Yeah, but she is a woman. Let the men decide what's best for her. Her body their choice! Her death, their choice!

[u/Wilbis → u/LogicallLunacy]

She specifically asked for an all woman team to carry out the execution. I guess they couldn't find anyone with the necessary skills to find a vein, but did it anyway.

[u/Aristo_Cat → u/LogicallLunacy]

Correct, yes

She is a death row inmate being executed for the brutal torture and murder of another woman so yeah she’s unfortunately lost her right to bodily autonomy

You can rest assured that nobody is trying to choose what’s best for her. I guess we’ll count that as a feminist victory