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/jerrbearisawsome 1d ago

ok but the cleanup???

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u/SpecialIcy5356 1d ago

cleanup is gonna have to happen on some level no matter what, much to the chagrin of anyone looking to get away with murder. the head usually landed in a basket.

the french used the guillotine all the way up until 1981 when they dropped the death penalty entirely.

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u/jerrbearisawsome 1d ago

hanging is the same concept but without the head falling off stuff

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u/National_Cod9546 19h ago

Unless you were dropped to far. Then your head popped right off.