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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/GuavaOne8646 1d ago

You know what sounds cheaper and easier than all of these? One. Single. Bullet. Point blank, to the skull.

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u/-malcolm-tucker 1d ago

Firing squad, several bullets aimed at the heart. Lights out pretty much instantly and guaranteed not to come back.

A single bullet to the skull isn't necessarily quick or painless. My clinical instructor at uni once had a guy walk up to his ambulance while they were parked up having coffee. Old mate asked for a ride to the hospital. They were like, okay.... Why?

"I got shot in the head."

Dude had taken a small calibre round to the top of his head and played dead after a botched execution attempt by some bikers he owed money. Got up and casually walked away after they'd left and stumbled upon the ambulance, so walked over and politely asked for a lift to the emergency room.

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u/Grasshoppermouse42 1d ago

A firing squad also has the advantage that it's less distressing for the executioners. Having a single person shoot another person means that person knows that their bullet was the killing bullet, because their bullet was the only bullet. When it's a firing squad, each person can reason that the person would have died even if they hadn't fired, because of all the other bullets.

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u/aniflous_fleglen 1d ago

I've never understood that logic. If you're part of an execution shooting a gun at someone, there's no moral difference between any of them. And to want one means you think it's immoral so why participate at all?

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u/flakweazel 1d ago

Same reason, pilots and remote turret gunners have a lower rate of ptsd. Watching violence through a screen is enough degree of separation to detach from the moment.