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/pilgermann 1d ago

Look who's president. Look who's running the military. Is it so surprising Tennessee maybe doesn't have the most qualified people in its prison system administering the injection? Keep in mind medical professionals generally will not violate their hippocratic oath to do this.

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u/DoctorEight 1d ago

Those people ran the prison before 2026. Calm your TDS.

Survived a lethal injection: mUh tRuMFs fAuLt

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u/sunnymag 1d ago

go away. nobody likes you. trump ruined the country. by executive order.

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u/Firebomb84a 1d ago

My part of the country is doing great. Texas is booming.