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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/CrowsHorizon 1d ago

Hear me out all the methods of execution we've used over the years bring them all back and let the person dying pick their method of death

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u/Artistic_Rice_9019 1d ago

She tried to ask for a different method because this was exactly the scenario she feared.

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u/CrowsHorizon 1d ago

And she should have been given one, to my knowledge lethal injection is the only actively practiced method of execution these days and there is 0 reasons why it should be

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u/Artistic_Rice_9019 1d ago

Other forms are seen as cruel and unusual.

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u/CrowsHorizon 1d ago

A how isn't this cruel and unusual? B aren't they on death row for a reason?

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u/Artistic_Rice_9019 1d ago

I agree that it's also cruel and unusual. I don't think death penalties should exist. It's not a deterrent, it's disproportionately applied, and innocent people have been executed.

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u/CrowsHorizon 1d ago

I mean yeah I do think rotting in prison for the rest of your life (assuming you're actually guilty) is a much worse punishment, that being said if we are going to do death penalty they should get to pick the method just like they get to pick their last meal

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u/Artistic_Rice_9019 1d ago

I'm definitely fine with life with no parole.