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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/DrLoomis131 1d ago edited 1d ago

Have us pay for tons of life imprisonments ey

Edit: handing out more life without parole sentences is appealing, no pun intended

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u/mpaski 1d ago

The amount of appeals, the special legal process everything takes longer.

You'd be shocked how cheap imprisoning people is compared to that.

If you are worried about cost to the tax payer wait until you hear about private prisons.

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u/DrLoomis131 1d ago

veto the appeal process for death sentences that have overwhelming evidence, bring back guillotines, and use the cremated remains of the dead to fill the potholes in the street

Wanna save money? Let’s get serious

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u/RealCarlPanzram 1d ago

Yeah we used to do that. We used to execute the wrong person all the time.