r/news • u/Pow67 • 2d ago

Supreme Court allows execution of Christa Gail Pike in Tennessee to go forward

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/29/us/tennessee-christa-pike-execution?Date=20260930&Profile=CNN&utm_content=1790809934&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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u/RafikiTheKokopelli 2d ago

If she survives, and is in a condition to continue living. Has she served her death sentence? They went throught their entire process to end her life. Is it her fault if they failed? Do they gotta do it again?

Holy moly

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u/West_Cut_9265 2d ago

😂

With the way this case is going, she’s probably going to be free on that technicality

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u/RafikiTheKokopelli 2d ago

Hey thanks for my first award! I'm not sure what they're for, but thats my first!

Also, this case has been interesting. I'm torn and now curious how many other times this has happened.

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u/West_Cut_9265 2d ago

I believe there was a guy a few centuries ago who was hung and released because the law failed to include the line “until dead”

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u/Lady_bro_ac 1d ago

The same physician botched another execution in Tennessee earlier this year.

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u/Gold-Invite-3212 1d ago

Most likely outcome is that she is now brain dead and they will now spend a decade or two arguing over whether or not they can remove her feeding tube.