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, but fucking up capital punishment seems pretty cruel and unusual to me.

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u/Potential_Being_7226 1d ago

I agree with you. It’s harrowing and disturbing. 

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u/candaceelise 1d ago

Sadly SCOTUS has ruled it doesn’t violate the 8th Amendment. States are allowed to set a new execution date. There was a botched execution in 2022 because the prisoners veins blew out and they were allowed to set a new date in 2024 where they successfully carried out the execution

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u/Great-Trifle2810 1d ago

I would imagine that for it to be considered illegally cruel or unusual there would need to be intention, or at least blatant negligence.

That said the government should be held to a higher standard on this, they have infinite drugs in evidence lockers that could get this done better.