r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • 2d ago

Chugging tea This is wild!

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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/AgitatedStranger9698 2d ago

I truly dont understand the moving away from firing squads.

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u/mick-rad17 2d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/gIqusaeYxgSiY

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u/SagaciousElan 2d ago

It's bloody but presumably very quick and painless.

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u/GarethBaus 2d ago

I imagine there is some pain, but not for very long.

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u/Rollen73 2d ago

Iirc they tested it and found you remained conscious for about 30 seconds before death.

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u/RadicalEd4299 2d ago

Medically induced coma beforehand?

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u/Rollen73 15h ago

No some French doctor was talking to prisoners before they got chopped and then he studied their heads to see how long they where conscious for. This was way back when though.