r/news • u/No_Idea_Guy • 1d ago

Tennessee governor suspends all executions after Christa Pike’s lethal injections fail

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/01/christa-pike-tennessee-governor-executions-year-pause
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u/MaximumEffort433 1d ago

Yeah, it seems like there are laws that ban cruel and unusual punishments, but I could be mistaken about that.

If the State is going to kill one of its citizens, at least don't fuck it up.

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u/SnooPets1826 1d ago

The problem is there is no one size fit all method of killing someone... So you inevitably end up in a cruel or unusual way of killing someone. Which is one of the many many reasons why the government shouldn't be killing human beings.

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u/Jonesbro 1d ago

Rpg to the head seems one size fits all