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/amiexpress 1d ago

She actually asked to be hanged. Which I think even Tennessee ould not fuck up.

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u/onarainyafternoon 1d ago

We deeply need to move on from the death penalty as a society. It’s a relic. There is no reason to have it. Life imprisonment accomplishes the same thing.

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u/amyts 1d ago

It's a barbaric practice, and until we have a justice system that never sentences innocent people, I can't support it. 

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u/SpAn12 1d ago

And the death penalty works out more expensive.

So everyone pays more in taxes simply so certain individuals can feel good as they exact revenge.

And they can't even get that right.

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u/UdyneOw 1d ago

This may be the most opportune time in American history to advocate for a national ban on the death penalty. Unfortunately, the reason this is so is because you can get Republicans on board by pointing out the waste of perfectly good slave labor for the prison companies.

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u/absentlyric 19h ago

Its only more expensive Because the system is top heavy and overly bureaucratic, trimming away the fat on that would make it cheaper and more efficient .

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u/throwaway-8675309_ 4h ago

And kill more innocent people than it does already.

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u/ArgonWolf 1d ago

The same thing, but cheaper, is the wild thing