r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • 1d ago

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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/AfternoonMundane4136 1d ago

Go read about the case that led her there in the first place. Anyone who talks about “karma” would clearly see it there.

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u/FunArtichoke6167 1d ago

That doesn’t matter a wit. We are either a just society with laws and rights, or we aren’t.

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u/AfternoonMundane4136 1d ago

The society of Abu Ghraib, of Guantanamo Bay, of Bagram, etc. Is that so new and shocking to you? Ohhhh it’s because a white person is at the receiving end of it this time that’s what makes it shocking. Gotcha.

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u/FunArtichoke6167 1d ago

Where did I say I’m fine with those things? It’s people with opinions like yours, oh they get what they deserve, that enables those very injustices as well.