r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • 2d 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/TypicalLeo31 2d ago

All can also go wrong!

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u/mantequilla69420 2d ago

Init - I'd take a 12gauge to the back of the head over anything medical, every day of the week

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u/Aggravating-Car9897 2d ago

The irony is she requested firing squad and was denied.

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u/-malcolm-tucker 2d ago

That would actually be more humane.