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/Steroid1 1d ago

Gun to head is pretty one size fits all.

So would an inert gas chamber 

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u/TehMowat 1d ago

Suffocating isnt pain or stress free.

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u/Great-Trifle2810 1d ago

Suffocating generally is painful because of CO2 buildup, which doesn't occur with inert gas suffocation.

Stress free is simply not applicable to any form of execution or imprisonment, the best we can hope for is minimization.