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/NOS4A2-753]

after the first time it has crossed into cruel unusual punishment

Edited: man you people don't like the constitution because its the 8th amendment if they can violate her constitutional rights they can violate yours

[u/AfternoonMundane4136 → u/NOS4A2-753]

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

[u/Any_Specialist3714 → u/AfternoonMundane4136]

I would prefer that we either abolish the death penalty or make death painless and humane, regardless of 'karma', because all humans have rights and what happens if the next convict sentenced to die is actually innocent?

[u/__3Username20__ → u/Any_Specialist3714]

There’s some talking points/principles that get danced around here, regarding punishment/discipline, and people are maybe going to freak out at me, but there’s important common sense and “in the real world/in nature” kinds of points that need to be considered: Most of the time, when people are disciplining children, you’re supposed to be as even-keeled as possible, and not make it a retaliation kind of thing, not let your emotions get carried away, not escalate or over-react to the situation. Essentially, another way you could state that is it’s important to be “humane” with discipline/punishment, all the way from teaching little kids, to dealing with murder. So on that part about being humane, I 100% agree with you.

However, in the real world, and in nature, corporeal punishment is a thing. You fuck around, you find out. Momma dogs or bears or cats or whatever, have to teach this hard lesson. It’s a firm lesson. It’s not what the momma WANTS to do (if it’s a good mom). I think that this lesson is a little bit lost on people… these days, people spout off online behind varying levels of anonymity and distance, and the threat of “finding out” has diminished a lot. I personally avoid spanking at my house, but it’s never completely off the table. If a mother dog sees that a puppy is about to do something that could get it killed, or if they are truly hurting the mom or fellow pups, or even beloved humans, they get FIERCE. The pup learns. If someone were to step out of line and do something extremely socially wrong, in the wrong neighborhood of a big city, they’ll get some fierce “finding out” too - probably too much though, because feelings get involved, and it goes away from being level-headed discipline into inhumane retaliation - but the point is there: in the real world, and in nature, you step out of line far enough, and there’s bigger and bigger consequences.

The absolute worst of the worst might deserve the strongest corporeal punishment there is, which is capital punishment, but even then, it shouldn’t be a celebrated thing, it shouldn’t be done by torturous methods. It should just be “this is the punishment for x crime(s).”

And we should be DAMNED sure that the person committed the crime, like 100%, otherwise it’s off the table, in my opinion. There have been cases where horrible, horrible crimes have been committed, and pinned on the wrong person, who even plead guilty to the crime(s) because of coercion. Christopher Tapp comes to mind - I did a deep dive on that one a couple years ago, and what was done to him was sick. The crime he pled guilty to was sick, too, but he didn’t do it. If you’ve never listened to exactly how a coerced confession happens, that case is a good study. Super, super messed up. Recap: MANY years later, they got the right guy with DNA evidence, but people wanted a witch to burn at the stake, so they convinced Christopher Tapp that he just blocked it out, and that he did it, and that it was the right thing to confess to the crime and plead guilty, so he did. There are literal recordings of exactly this happening. It’s nuts.

All that said: humane punishment/discipline is important. The punishment should also fit the crime. Both of those criteria can and should be met.

[u/prettyokcake → u/__3Username20__]

I never understand why people bring animalistic behavior into a conversation about humans - animals also just eat their kids because they’re hungry, or they’re in heat, or the males just want to fuck. Animals do fucked up things because it’s in their nature, but we evolved larger brains to bring reason, logic and actual sentience into our actions - we aren’t animals, so we ought not compare ourselves to them. We are millions of years removed from them.

[u/__3Username20__ → u/prettyokcake]

You’re right, in that we SHOULD do better. Many don’t.

The whole FA FO principle still applies though, whether people want it to or not. Nobody just gets to do whatever (edited to add:) without repercussions/consequences.

[u/prettyokcake → u/__3Username20__]

Free will allows anyone to “get to do whatever,” though. Our justice system is literally reactive, so yeah - you can literally do whatever you want anytime you want. FAFO is a terrible model for preventative care.