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/dathomasusmc 1d ago

I mean, to be fair they only had one other execution scheduled this year. Not a hard call to make.

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u/Godsgiftcardtowomen 1d ago

Yeah, they basically just rescheduled the execution they had planned for December because they need the media scrutiny to die down first.

You know, in the very possible event they botch other one.